I
should be writing a reply email to a man I have known for 50 years.
I'm not, obviously, but I will. I'm sort of amazed that he has
kept up with me all this time since he moved to Iowa and married only a few years after we met. We have had periods of time where we
communicated fairly regularly to times when we communicated not at
all. He was an object of romantic desire early on but that didn't
pan out and yet he has not let me slip away into the past. I'm not
really sure I understand why so I just accept this gift of connection
and friendship. He's an interesting guy and a great story teller, a
romantic whose greatest desire is to become a published writer. He
visited us out here a year or so ago when he was closing up his
deceased parents estate in the city and gave us an open invitation to join him
and his other in Wisconsin where he now lives if we ever need a safe place. There's
some real past life stuff going on here. That's the only explanation
I can come up with.
Onward
into the now, the second set of three drowned feathers came out much
better. Well, not better in how they cast but in how they look. I used brown and gray
powders in the feathers before the white and it muted the white
nicely. Need to use more powder though. Learning process and all.
I think these three are my favorite and I think the rock will be the
best, partly because it's so dimensional.
Next
up is one of the 10” x 10”s. I've never done a piece quite this
big. My
mind is telling me to work out the colors for the big drowned
feathers and order my glass or to start on the basic cold work for
the six small ones today when my desire is to just continue for the
next two days and get the rest of that part of the shop cleaned and
hosed.
before:
after (you can't really see how clean it is but trust me, compared to before, it's sparkling):
next:
I would say, if you are in a good groove....stay there.
ReplyDeleteI, too, have a friend like that. We have not been friends for fifty years, merely 47 or 48, as close as I can reckon.
ReplyDeleteIt is a grand miracle in my life.
"Past life stuff" is intriguing. I wish I could see more, sometimes.
ReplyDeleteI envy all of the energy you must have to accomplish as much as you do.
ReplyDeleteI don't know diddly-squat about art or glass or any of that, but I do know that I like these feathers much more than the previous batch. I thought the first ones you showed were perfect, but these have a little something extra. I think you're right that not-so-white is a plus. They're really splendid.
ReplyDeleteTalk about Herculean tasks! And yet you still manage to produce exquisite things like your feathers. Amazing.
ReplyDeleteYep, those feathers looks pretty cool. But I still like the other ones too :)
ReplyDeleteThe feathers are hauntingly beautiful. I thought about them on my way to work this morning, though I can't tell you what brought them to mind. Maybe it was that in the midst of loss and chaos you were able to create something so unique and...I agree that exquisite is the right word.
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