I'm getting increasingly busy again with the new semester at library school (and a short but exciting internship at the
Sint Lucasbibliotheek in Gent! I've already raided the glass section...), and as a result my blog and art projects suffer a bit (thank goodness for little
sketchbooks that I can carry around everywhere!).
Last week I participated in the Dag van de Ambachten, like last year at the awesome
Glassworks studio, and was so busy melting glass and interacting with artists & visitors that I totally forgot taking pictures!
Luckily I can sneak some studio days this week in which I hope to finish some of my current projects before it's half a year later again. All jewelry: the purple sister to my
earth goddess pendant for my dear friend
Vocisconnesse, the coral pendant (or brooch?), murrini ring, drop pendant and more which I've baptised the
specimen series (the organic shapes go back to my fascination with nature when I was 11-12 and collected treasures in boxes and filled notebooks with my "scientific" observations...back then I wanted to become a paleonto-bio-geologist and took it very seriously, LOL)
Meanwhile I'm also working on my first project in
pâte de verre (
wikipedia), although it may take until summer before I can start. Well, until then I can do some sketches and make some preparations... Moldmaking being one of them. Oh dear. In April I'm attending a demo of a bronze casting, hoping to get some insight there...
Oh! I almost forgot: people inquired if I made prints from the
glass gardens, the fused squares from
Nur der Mensch, the glass/copper panel I made last summer. Well, here you go! I opened a
Zazzle store which has just that (and mugs!).
The (blank) posters, note- and postcards sell per 1, but the (also blank) "invitation cards" are per 10. I included them because there you have different sizes and paper options (from recycled to pretty linen textured), and you can customize it all. If you have suggestions for prints or items you'd like to see in the store (the dog T-shirt for sure... :-p ), let me know.
Also, any tips on photographing transparent but textured glass panels?
