There are so many beautiful photographs of space and the inspiration for this bowl came from one of the Hubble telescope's photographs of Messier 83, a Spiral Galaxy. I changed up the color scheme and went for brighter colors than the original Hubble photo (it was mainly gray with a little bit of red and white). The thing that really intrigued me was the spiral. I wanted a graceful spiral and put my on 'spin' on it...so to speak. :DFor this piece I used a combination of various frit sizes, from coarse to medium to fine, trying to come up with the effect of the stars in this galaxy. At the end, I even added a little dichroic frit to create some sparkle, like a twinkling star. Unfortunately, that does not show up as well in this photo as it does in person.
This is one of the three entries I have for the Palmer Lake Fine Art Show coming up in another week. I have a pendant and earring set I need to finish wire wrapping that will also go in the show (along with Window to Another World).
5 comments:
Very cool. Love the spiral :)
Ahhh... this is funky! I love it, Kathleen.
Awesome, Kathleen! recently our very special platter was broken after it fell off the wall. I would like to replace it one day.
I remember there was cobalt, reds and gold in it.
You do such beautiful work!
Rebecca
just wondering if any of your bowls can stay outside all summer?
Thanks Sandy...I knew you'd enjoy the spirals.
Thanks a lot Tracey!
Hi Rebecca, thank you so much.
Hi Susan, I've never tried leaving my bowls outside. I imagine they would be fine as I do have a glass bird bath that is much thinner than my bowls and it does fine. I anneal all of my glass for strength. I suspect the only thing that may cause a problem would be large hail...but that affects a lot of stuff. If you have more questions, I'd be happy to answer them...email me at kathleen(dot)krucoff[at]gmail(dot)com...
replace the dots and at with correct symbols. Thanks.
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