tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43805757581460476992024-03-13T22:10:42.897-05:00Gila's Eclectic CollectionGila's Eclectic CollectionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380575758146047699.post-60267372984439914132013-04-17T18:11:00.000-05:002013-04-17T20:45:07.802-05:00"The Painter"<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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A few words and photos on the creation of "The Painter" mosaic. It all started with the fused glass portrait of Maureen created for Julia Kay's Portrait Party (<a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/portraitparty/" target="_blank">JKPP</a>) last year.</div>
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Maureen is a wonderful artist, affectionately known at the portrait party, as The Queen</div>
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A secondary inspiration was the self portrait of artist Sofanisba Anguissola's, which presented me with a wonderful context in which to feature my contemporary artist friend.</div>
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Once her body & hands were completed, it was time to decide on which painting should be on her easel. So many possibilities! </div>
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I spent a long & delightful time looking through Maureen's <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maureennathan/" target="_blank">flickr photostream</a> to choose just the right piece to fit the composition. <br />
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I sketched 5 or 6 of them on my substrate before making a final decision. </div>
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Here's one I didn't use.</div>
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In the end I decided on this eerie & provocative image, from her wonderful series of chairs. </div>
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Back to my renaissance reference & the fact that she IS the Queen (& this is a mosaic!)<br />
a golden halo around her head, was a must!</div>
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Previous post on my Fused glass experiments <a href="http://gilamosaics.blogspot.com/2012/05/experiments-in-fusing-portraits.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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Maureen Nathan's website <a href="http://www.maureennathan.com/artists.new/default.aspx" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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A glimpse into my studio, a couple weeks ago..... </div>
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Several works in progress & an array of portraits painted and drawn over the past several months for <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/portraitparty/" target="_blank">JKPP</a>. These are ones that I thought would translate well into mosaics.<br />
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I had already envisioned the small black & white portrait in stone, so I got to work on her straight away. </div>
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"Girl with the Polkadot Scarf"</div>
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Here's a peek at the one I'm working on now ...... Can you tell from the eye, which one?</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/portraitparty/" target="_blank">"Julia Kay's Portrait Party"</a>, aka JKPP has been a driving force in my creative life since March 2010. The party is an international group of artists creating portraits of each other. This week the group reached 25,000 portraits!<br />
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I've done 650 portraits since joining the party, with 20+ portraits of our spectacular host ~ <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7540599@N08" target="_blank"> Julia Kay</a><br />
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Here are just a few of those ~<br />
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My 1st portrait of Julia was a Mosaic<br />
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Imagine that!!!</div>
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One of the many wonderful things about the party is the opportunity to experiment freely in a fun & supportive environment!</div>
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& this one, done on a pocket (3" x 2.25") Etch-A-Sketch</div>
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prior to their recent rebirth in political news!</div>
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My latest Julia portrait, but surely not the last!<br />
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Still fascinated by portraiture, JKPP remains a driving force ~ thanks to Julia & everyone involved. It's been amazing to watch us grow from 14, when I first joined, to the current 734 members! </div>
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Many more portraits to come!</div>
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My fascination with portraiture continues ~ along with my love for experimentation. </div>
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Below are my 1st attempts at creating fused glass portraits. </div>
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Each resulting in varying degrees of success.</div>
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Here are some photos, thoughts on process & lessons learned.</div>
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First came Terry.<br />
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I layed out my glass using a drawing I'd done with the digital program <a href="http://www.zefrank.com/scribbler/" target="_blank">Scribbler </a>. (If you haven't tried scribbler ~ DO! It's loads of fun!)<br />
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I am most pleased with the way he came out, perfect balance of meltiness & texture. Plus, I think he looks really cool!<br />
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I chalk this up to beginners luck!<br />
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Next came Julia. Using my contour drawing as a starting point. </div>
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The black glass used to "draw" her features was almost entirely scrap material. <br />
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Note to self ~ be sure to clean the scrap better before starting! It's hard to see in the photo, but some of the black is not shiny ~ a result of dust.<br />
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I then decided to re-fuse her (despite Mark warning me not to do it!) adding more colors & shape. Unfortunately, she cracked near the start of the 2nd fusing. After allowing it to cool completely, I attempted 2 more firings at varying temperature timings. Heating the kiln too quickly caused thermal shock & cracking.<br />
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In the end (photo at top) she was in 3 pieces. Not the worst thing that can happen to a mosaic artist!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Many good lessons learned with this one ~ especially regarding thermal shock </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">& the need to SLOW DOWN!</span></span></div>
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Next came Jerry. I'm pretty pleased with how he turned out, only wishing I had left the kiln on slightly longer, until the white bits became more rounded.<br />
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~ Note: each color melts at slightly different temperatures. Dark (black) first to light (white) last.<br />
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My latests attempt is Pepe ~ In this photo you can see how I stacked the glass for a single firing. This is how it looked just before closing the lid. <br />
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Keeping a sharp eye on this one, I turned off the kiln at just the right time! <br />
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Thanks to <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/portraitparty/discuss/72157625696575726/?search=Terry" target="_blank">Terry</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliasattout/" target="_blank">Julia</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/waese/" target="_blank">Jerry</a> & <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57883663@N08" target="_blank">Pepe</a>, all members of <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/portraitparty/" target="_blank">Julia Kay's Portrait Party(JKPP)!</a><br />
JKPP is an international community of 600+ artists, creating portraits of each other based on photos.<br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380575758146047699.post-48952953599272355722010-11-29T08:12:00.000-06:002010-11-29T12:16:28.148-06:00Creation of a Musical Mosaic tribute!<div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I've been wanting to delve into iMovie for a while...SO...here's the result of my first foray! </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Thanks for your visit....feedback & comments always welcome! </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Turn up the volume & Enjoy!</span></span></span></div></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzJi-whDVkRav19SwlCwLtzm9Kjnucdmgz2nQDTz1F3bflZPl5YAlf9GPFkGT3EVKv3PUS1ek9YRHDsTthlqw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Well-Together-Again-Joe-Pass/dp/B000000Z2U">"We'll Be Together Again"</a> ~ The album that inspired the artwork.</div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4