Thx, SDR
Thanks for the kind words. My significant other found and fell in love with the coffee table some years back; it's always seemed a tad over-dramatic to me, but ... Ah, the things we do for love. Construction is rectangular (cross section) steel tubing, fairly neatly mitered and painted black.
Patrick and Alix
A sincere thank you and congratulations! I have been out of town, sorry for the delayed reaction...
I have been a member here for several years (I don't know exactly how long). When I joined, I still lived in my home state in the deep south (US). You have no idea how beneficial this website has been to me, especially in that time when almost no signs of modernism were around. I have learned quite a bit and have just had fin discussing design. I had few friends back home who even knew what it was. Muchas Gracias!
BTW - we find out in January or early February if we will be getting our new modern home. Keep your fingers crossed!!!!
glassartist...
that is a marvelous self-portrait. Your have a paintable mug, but it is clearly the craft that gives the self-portrait its own life. Self-portraits have always fascinated me starting with seeing Norman Rockwell's artist painting himself and his reflection in a mirror, when I was very young. SPs always remind me of a question that occurs to me from time to time, when I brush my hair, or shave, or get ready for work. Who is that person...really? He seems so familiar and yet there are parts of him that even after all these years remain impenetrable. What is your painting made with? Charcoal? Paint? I hope you have continued. And pardon me, if your work is well known and I am unfamiliar with it. My knowledge of contemporary painting is minimalist. 🙂
A Toast
to Patrick and Alix in my current "project", a "gut and redo" of the butler's pantry in our 1850 Greek Revival home. It's not quite finished. The glass walls and door need to be installed on the refrigerated wine cabinet and I'm still undecided on a low-profile bar stool. Still missing some cabinet hardware and the faucet for the bar sink, but it's close enough for pictures!
DCW
No danger not recognizing me, fear not. I really like this one because I do not have a 2-d bone in my body. So this would constitute my entire body of portraits. What I like best is that it is glass, my main medium. It is a grisaille enamel. The gist is you put down a layer of black glass, then multiple layers of white with a firing between each coat (this one has had 11 firings)on a copper plate. The white sinks into the black at each firing and gives the grays as it sinks away. timing is critical in the kiln and a few seconds too long can ruin your work as your detail sinks like a dinosaur in a tar pit. It is also quite small at 2 x 3 inches (5x 7.5 cm). It is a great little portrait. Every now and then I get lucky. At Some point I will show everyone some of my sculpture here on DA.
nice seeing you SDR ...
nice seeing you SDR looks like you have some cool things going on back there. and Ricki wow what a neat place you got going. love the look. more pics on every ones house please ,
I can honestly say after 6 months and one major hand operation the house is finished, and it feels good!!!!!!,
I told the wife we are getting a raise and she said I thought the price of oil is down 100.00 dollars, I said no more paying the crew. It feels greatttttttttttttttttttt.
This is great!
This is my space that you probably have seen around!
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