Hand Painted Glass

Colors Are The Universal Language

There are times a mosaic piece calls for a special color and texture, ones that can not be found anywhere but in one's mind.

For times like this I use glass paints to create what is needed. I find glass paints to be a treat and a world of infinite creativity and play. 

First comes a layer of texture/pattern

Then a first coat of paint

 

 

Next I add a coat of a darker/lighter color, depending on a desired end result.

Once I reach a desired tone/hue, the painted glass goes into the oven to be baked for 10-15 minutes at 160 degrees (Celsius), then cool off and let the paint set.

Voila! 

All new bright colors for my next mosaic piece

Off to find some base material...

MAJIC

Majic is integration, 

synergy of components in constant motion and change. 

Thoughts inhabiting our minds have colors and strength. 

Verbal or mute, they never cease, they keep creating.

Majic began with one single wooden charm, an Ethiopian art.

The face of beauty 

 As work progressed my leading thought was: Each thought is a born spiral, it goes out there in the Ether, bumping, meeting, hooking up with other born spirals, creating new colors, thoughts, ideas....endless motion, never cease.

Majic took about six months to complete.

It got stronger in message with each spiral added. 

As part of my path and practice, 

and as per realizing I can`t always control what comes out of my mind, 

I added "With Harm No One and No Harm Done" 

as well as "So Mote It Be".

Naturally, Phoebe and Mowgli have been a great help as always...

Done

Framed and grouted

Sold. 

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.

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.