Object: Bubu
in BU
On
display November 20, 2009 - January 8, 2010:
Miami
Mosaic Academy (Florida)
Materials: Italian
Smalti on Cement Board
Dimensions: 10.5 "
x 6.5"
Method: Direct
with mortar
Here,
I had some fun with richly colored Italian Smalti. Smalti
usually comes in solid glass bricks roughly 1.5 x 1 x .5
cm in size. They have been hand-cut to these dimensions
and are ready to be cut down further into the shapes and
sizes required.
This is the material most often used in
the colorful mosaics on the ceilings and walls of churches.
The rough texture gives this highly reflective material
a wonderful sparkle as light bounces across the surface.
These
peacock colors are a complete departure from the calm effect
the marble provided in my other recent work. I wanted to
further explore the design of a previous piece, "Achza
in Silhouette", by adding tonal information.
Achza's
nickname, especially for those who stumble on the pronunciation,
is "Bubu".
The second part of the name of this piece "BU"
is a nod to my previous life with Genigraphics, the term
used for the color blue.
This
time I made an effort to document the progress, so be sure
to click on the detail shots, on the right, to see the
evolution of this piece.
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