Return to color!

My response to all the white in white of late

Conversation

I am interested in pattern, layering, transparency and storytelling

I love the speed of glass fusing... Painting, layering and firing...trying to get to the answer to the question... And never quite getting there.




I like how glass changes depending on what is behind it.


I am a person of few words, I have always felt uncomfortable with language, either verbal or written. Yet I love language, I love to listen and to read. My voice comes out mostly in my work, it is often laced with metaphors and illusions but it is also straight forward.


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The many things I do not understand...

I will limit this post to glass fusing, Not to the mysteries of the universe, time travel, love, child raising, gardening, politics, global warming, healthcare reform......

I am primarily a mosaic artist working in vitreous glass tile, ceramic tile, plates and various other found objects. But I like to experiment with everything. For the last several years I have been teaching myself glass fusing. I work with bullseye glass Coe of 90. I like the company, love their website all their fact sheets, videos and artist gallery and the glass itself is wonderful to work with great colors and so many possibilities.

What I have found repeatedly BUT not every time is if I attempt to fire a piece for the second time it often explodes, case in point.








I added a little more black glass paint (glassline) to some areas then added a clear piece of bullseye glass and fired it according to my previous firing schedule. ( which I won't go into unless you want to know) When I opened the kiln this is what I saw. Busted superhero!








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The extra piece of glass made my drawing line much clearer, just like I wanted. But the expansion of the glass and the breaking of the glass... Not so much... I need to spend some time with the books and see if there is an answer... I suspect I need to slow the firing w a y down. My total firing time has been approximately 15 hours, ramping up at 250 per hour up to 1450.

The lesson is slow down and keep reading ...

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Who does she think she is?

I watched a really good movie last night Who does she think she is? it follows five women artists whom are also mothers and the joys and struggles they go through. I had want to see this movie since it came out in 2008. One of my big memories from graduate school was being told regularly that I could not make it as an artist and a mother. I guess I don't know what making it really means.

But I am still playing....








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Glass painting/fusing

Oh I love being an artist! Wear my heart out on my sleeve...

This is the process...









Start with a depressing (or perhaps happy) picture of yourself, sketch from photo or mirror than redraw simplified in glass, I use glassline...


Start glueing bits of glass down



Into the kiln



Her skin color and shirt are covered in glass frit this is the reverse of ultimate piece....




And we have failure! Well maybe not completely I am thinking that the sides pushed in because there was not enough glass on top. I piled on more brown frit and put an off white piece of glass behind it and back into the kiln it went. It will deform even more- I have no idea what will happen and I won't be able to check on it for at least 12 hours. So I will wait ....

Just sharing...

 I grouted the goddess of love... I don't know that I will keep that title(?) it's just what came out...

I am still working on the cutouts

still making prayers...


A nice blog post on my shop!




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