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I feel liberated now that I can share the pictures of the artwork that Chris and I entered in the Dear Fleisher event! I am sure both pieces are happy in their new homes and I hope that the new owners enjoy them completely and for a lifetime. Please disregard the terrible quality of the photos. We were rushed on the submission and we took photos quickly, indoors where it is dimmer than the natural lighting I normally use.
My piece was inspired by a winter full moon with a halo. When hexagonal ice crystals high in cirrus clouds scatter moonlight to our eyes in a certain way, a halo sometimes appears, much like rain distorts the light of the sun and sometimes creates rainbows. This glass moon is bright white, against a gray sky, surrounded by a haze of color. The lamination is clear iridized glass, which helps to reflect and transmit the rainbow of colors surrounding the moon. This is no ordinary moon, but is a moon before a snow storm. A moon in a mysteriously dark sky, colorful and radiant despite being slightly subdued by clouds, ice crystals, and other reflected light.
Chris's piece is from the vantage point of the Riverwalk in Philadelphia, looking out over the Schulykill River from the Art Museum area toward the Amtrak building. He is very interested in digital representing actual, and used a dot pattern, an amplitude modulation, to represent the setting. Chris says it represents Man's quest to become a dot. I am not sure that he is kidding.
The "Dear Fleisher" 4 x 6 pieces of art event was a huge success. Chris and I attended the artist preview on October 4th at 10 am and we were blown away by the sheer amount of talent we saw! As soon as we walked through the doors into the gallery, all we saw was color, color, and more color. Overall it was a stunning sight, then when we got close enough to see all the individual pieces it was even more amazing. Artists from every genre under the sun submitted work. At the actual event on October 5th at 4 pm, we personally bought 2 acrylic Hummingbird paintings by Hunter Clarke (www.hunterartist.com) who is represented in LaPelle Gallery in Philadelphia, two of Lucartha Kohler's cast glass leaves (for those of you who do not know, Lucartha taught me how to not only cast glass, but also fuse and slump it too-I owe her a great debt of gratitude. She was the only other glass artist who submitted to the gallery besides me. Her website is www.lucarthakohler.com), and also a very beautiful oil painting by Frederic Kaplan that we fell in love with (www.kaplanpicturemaker.com). The event raised over $55,000. for the school! The photos above are pulled from the artists' websites and are not the particular pieces we bought, but it will give you a feel for each artist's work.
I am introducing a new line of glass artwork. You can buy one piece or many-they will be sold seperately. Right now I have three smaller pieces, one already in votive shape and two others waiting to be slumped into votives. I will be making assorted shapes including plates and bowls in the same design. As always, each piece is handmade by me and is unique, will be signed, and assigned a number all its own, even if the design is similar. I have decided to do several pieces with the same feeling because some people want more than one piece to go together. Everyone I have talked to loves this design so I decided to go forward with this line. Plus, what better color to gift at Christmas than a lovely green??? Two votives are already sold at this point, but there will be more in the making! E-mail me for details if you would like a full set or if you have a particular shape/size in mind for a slump.
This is the first soapdish I created in my studio and I wanted to share it. It is the first in a long line of many cool soapdish designs to come. This one in particular is "old school" soapdish style. The smaller size (2.5" x 3.75") brings on a nostalgic feeling-like it would be right at home on the bathroom vanity holding a bar of pristine white Ivory soap. The glass colors and design are anything but antiquated, however. The dichroic glass on top of black is sharp and shimmers in the light. The turquois blue and dark blue frit detail on the sides lends it a more modern feel. I love the blending of old and new and this soapdish really comes through.
If you don't know it already, I have an etsy account where I have my work listed for purchase. Sometimes I get behind on the listings so if you see something here you like and it isn't there, please e-mail me.
My etsy account can be found at www.adriaoglass.etsy.com.
Mark your calendars for the Dear Fleisher event taking place on October 5th, 2008. It is an event designed to help fund the school by helping working class folks to afford artwork they would not normally be able to purchase. Artists of all genres submit a 4 x 6 (postcard sized) piece of original artwork, which will be sold anonymously at the event for $50. This way, everyone buys WHAT they like, not necessarily WHO they like. I have donated a very nice glass piece for the event (sorry no pictures, it is anonymous, remember?) and my husband Chris donated an exceptional drawing too. We would love to see you there!
Go to www.fleisher.org for more information about the event, directions to the art memorial (it is in South Philly), and also classes that are available for the fall semester. I highly recommend Fleisher as a teaching facility. The instructors are wonderful, and the school itself enables everyone, regardless of their tax bracket, to take very cheap, or even free classes. Please come support Fleisher, and local artists!
