Jan 05 2008
ISGB piece
Made it through to the new year, made it through those holidays…. and I’ve just assembled the piece I’m going to enter in the ISGB exhibit “Out of the Box” - now I’ve just got to name it. I’ve been asking everyone in the family over the past couple of days, and the only name I’ve liked so far has been “osmosis.” That sent the 14 year old into fits of laughter - “osmosis? we’re learning about that in BIOLOGY.” Here are a couple of pictures.
I’ve used the enamel technique and transitioned from grey and brown earth tones at the base of the piece and moved upwards using blues and teals, including some new transparent enamels I got over the holidays. The beads are assembled using wire, and are mounted to the base, which has been painted to echo and reflect the beads themselves.
a closer view of the beads:
Of course none of the names I picked were good enough for this masterpiece. Anyways, I dont see anything undergoing osmosis…
Hmmmm. Poseidon’s Gate? no. what was the other one? bleh. you go into the kitchen, I’ll show you some osmosis!
OK, so I was thinking beachy-watery thing, and it occurred to me that the colors and shapes are really more Downeast Maine - like Acadia National Park… green evergreens, blue ocean, brown mountains… sticks, rocks, etc. So maybe “Acadia”?.. or the French, “l’Acadie”