It all began with a reject: a big bubble up in a circular cobalt blue glass that I had fired in my kiln. There are traces of yellow enamel. I could not use it for the intended glasswork, so assigned it to the "can't quite discard pile." I set it down next to white and blue triangles. Playing, like this:
Trying to find just a combination that titillates the senses, and creates a uniform idea, a concept, that is abstract yet coherent. Using paper to simulate stained glass, a basic symmetry of emotion will eventually ring true. The result, half the size is below. The bubble has been changed for blue water glass, the clear for yellow: Size is 9 1/2" x 14".
Over my cutting table is my old license plate, ARTBOOK, from our former home in New Hampshire, the state motto emblazoned across the top, the last two words,"or die" are taped out. I have created a new flag, with a new pro-life alternative: "Live Free and Fly." Ask the pink deer.
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