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LesSabots In reply to chimneysmoke [2007-08-15 14:51:26 +0000 UTC]

...thank you so very much; it really is a work in progress to develop as I do, as well as my work, a reflection of me in several ways. It will be nice to see yours fleshed out a bit too

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LesSabots In reply to enenenigma [2007-08-04 21:44:08 +0000 UTC]

...thank you very much

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LesSabots In reply to Sarachmet [2007-08-04 22:14:41 +0000 UTC]

...thank you very much...it's based on a swatch of paper from a sheet I bought in Florence (this kind of handmade paper has become my muse in many regards, including mosaics now), which in itself was inspired by wood grain, so I wanted it to follow both reference aesthetics; the undulating and splintering lines...I actually just added something to the description, but I don't think anyone will understand it, so if you take a close look, I included this piece which just happened to come about in cutting, which is the shape of a human heart...so I made a bad joke to go with it ...the gold pieces, also the oranges, reds, and an occasional green, are all gold foil mosaics; we had access to everything in their library, including all of the golds and colored golds (turquoises, reds, violets, greens, blues, yellows, blacks, greys, and more )...and I am especially grateful for your remark because at one point, I really got a lot of flak from one woman in particular for working in this manner, accosted would be an equally relevant term; and I know it's not a very traditional method or scale for mosaics, but that's a long story...

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Sarachmet In reply to LesSabots [2007-08-04 22:49:00 +0000 UTC]

oh, yes, I can see your heart beating there, indeed...... btw, have you heard of the ritual of giving the artist's soul to his artwork by adding some blood to the paints or sewing a hair into the tapestry? Honestly I've never tried this but it sounds truly emotive from the point of view of some artists ' engaging " their art this way

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LesSabots In reply to Sarachmet [2007-08-04 23:12:02 +0000 UTC]

...maybe (just thought of a movie...The Red Violin ), sounds like something I might do if pushed to it, and if incidental. I wouldn't cut myself for that cause, but might finagle a bit from an accident, hair I can part with (I can't help but think of mourning items with that though, Victorian brooches in particular)...though I have to say that everyone in the group shed at least a little blood working with mosaics; for me, it was all about tiny little pieces being imbeded in the grooves of my fingertips, which are still healing from all of the little nicks and cuts, though with the others and the large pieces, there were some pretty substantial cuts from schrapnel of large plates and such...not to mention little pieces flying into some of our eyes (a few scares, no damage ultimately)...I did a lot of not so safe things there, come to think about it...I've never been good at practicing safety precautions......

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Sarachmet In reply to LesSabots [2007-08-05 13:10:13 +0000 UTC]

haha, it all seems a bit scary, indeed and reminds me of my graphics classes on my studies- there was this nice room with lots of various acids , we used to put the matrix in it and I was often wondering if I would save my hands this time ...I've seen a couple of accidents when the acid was a bit too strong at it would burn through the gloves...... and you mentioned Victorian brooches- do you mean these ones that lovers used to keep their hair in?

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LesSabots In reply to Sarachmet [2007-08-05 13:20:54 +0000 UTC]

...that, yes, lost lovers to be more specific...for me, paint grinding on my bedroom floor is up there (although I haven't yet made the really toxic ones, verdigris and lead tin yellow...thank you Zecchi!...best art shop, in Florence ), as well as another activity from this summer, digging through large crates of refuse or deformed gold mosaic plates, without gloves, then with one glove; not to mention that most, if not all of the materials in the scrap yard are prone to "exploding," really just shattering very easily from not being refired, or something like that...

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Sarachmet In reply to LesSabots [2007-08-06 08:55:48 +0000 UTC]

well, I remember the scene with the hair in a medalion in " Wuthering Heights" when Katherine's dead and Heathcliff comes to the chapel and exchanges her husband's hair in a small medalion onto his own...really love the scene ...and that's another example for kind a fetish attitude of the Victorian to everything- you can't have your beloved person, but you can have their hair...if only they knew voodoo

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LesSabots In reply to Sarachmet [2007-08-06 11:12:11 +0000 UTC]

...I would think though that kidnapping your beloved's daughter of the same name would be a greater testament to that ...voodoo...hmmm...never saw that coming...do you know that?

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Sarachmet In reply to LesSabots [2007-08-06 11:15:51 +0000 UTC]

oh no, I don't know voodoo and would better not , though I like films on it, especially horror movies

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LesSabots In reply to Sarachmet [2007-08-06 11:29:55 +0000 UTC]

...just making sure ...

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