Thursday, December 12, 2013

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Prehistoric Glass Figurines


The contemporary and prehistoric glass female figurines were an outcome of an assignment to reproduce a prehistoric ‘art’ piece, known as “the nun” or “flattened figure” with the original stone tools. The figure later manifested in another wooden carving I created, alongside a more contemporary female figure. I made an imprint of the carvings onto a sand mixture, then poured hot clear glass into the imprint. The piece allows the viewer to contemplate ideas of beauty taken out of context and juxtaposed, implications of different material properties, the artist’ hand, object production, as well as the ties between the past and present.

These were displayed at the Gallatin Arts Festival.

They are about a handspan wide and tall.