looking forward

looking forward (30 x 48 inches plus frame)

OK, the very first residency I did was in Warrior Run, a school that really values the arts in every form because a lot of their admin is comprised of former art teachers.  The whole school has a wonderful feel to it.  Besides their own art from classes and residencies, they were really proud to show me their art collection purchased from various professional artists. I was impressed. 

 Each year, the graduation class does fund raisers to make money to purchase an art commission that will be added to the collection for future students to enjoy.  I was so proud that they chose me to commission art from this year. 

They wanted their logo and name somewhere within the design, so I chose to put it smack in the middle.

Then I continued on with all my stripes, dots and bubbles that make something billet.

 

Blue glass and blue glass and blue glass.  Life is good.  Thanks Warrior Run!

meanwhile... back at the shop

Working on a commission and eye'm getting really close to the end.  I had said that the difficult part would be the iris because most of it was hand made glass that was inlaid.  But yeah.  I knew that cutting eyelashes would be a crazy assed feat too.  I wasn't thinking about filling in around them.  Then seriously, find glass that is the right color to make a booger pocket for an eye??!

Twinkle

I have been working on this 8x10 for quite some time. And it has been stored in my brain for even longer. Of course it is another excuse to work in blue. Most of the iris is done in transparent glass so it really moves and sparkles when you see it in person. The lashes were crazy hard to cut but then even harder to work around! I think the next work on the "drawing board" is also mosaic. Before that, I have to reassemble my bathroom that I tore apart, and Christmas needs to fit it somewhere.