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| Panel after "background wash" firing and thin glass overlay applied |
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| Panel with second layer of fine frit applied and background structures added |
This will be the first
wall frit painting I will have done since moving the studio. It will be for the grand opening and then will move to the Ridgway Library for exhibit from November to January. Now that I can look out my window and see the Cimarron Peaks and drive up the road a bit and gaze at Mt. Sneffels, it is so much easier to get the shadows and highlights true on the mountains. Sometimes you just have to be able to see the real thing to understand its true architecture. The brown box is the base layer of the cabin that will be built in 1/2 rods and noodles at the final step.
This is a method that I have devised--actually it is a blending of several different methods--where I not only apply frit for color and shadow, but build dimension through the layering of sheet glass and replicating natural and man-made structures using stringer, noodles, vitrigraph and cut glass as the focal points. A former glass instructor insisted that we not just learn how to do frit work, but to develop one's own style and technique through experimentation. Finally, finally, I think I have a developed a style that is uniquely mine.
