July 28, 2012

Pot, the mosaic kind.

 
Ingredients:
Good neighbors
1 big Terracotta pot, from my neighbor Maisoun's yard
Lots of broken plates, from all my neighbors
Colored glass & pebbles & craft mosaic tiles
Tile cement
Grout
Sealer 
Get to work!







Almost done...
Awaiting grout
Grouted
Signed and sealed.
Back on Maisoun's porch.

July 14, 2012

The Goddess Within




The image of the Goddess has been with me for many years. 
 I walk a 100% religion-free path, have been all my life, 
yet I do believe in a stronger power of the nurturing mother. 
She is nature, she is life and death, she is creation and destruction. 
I am well aware and have the utmost respect 
to various religions who consider the Goddess their deity. 
My personal relationship with her is a non-religious one.

When it comes to art,sitting at my work table, she takes a life of her own 
in colorful creations . 
Each image of her comes out different, reflecting another aspect of 
her colorful energy. 
It has been years that in between various art projects 
I feel called to create another image of her. 

It begins with hand sculpting her figure in clay. 
Various kinds of clay (grainy, smooth, white, tera cota etc.) will result in different aspects of a final piece.


Some of her images call for mosaic work



Some are clay, painted and beaded


 
When I`m immersed in Goddess art, the outcome is never known to me. 
I`m always surprised at the end result, usually in favor of awe.




 









 She is always here, always present.

Lady, Grandmother, Crone. Thank you for your gift.