Sparking an Idea Pt. 2

A while back while working in the studio, I posted Sparking an Idea--a work in progress inspired by some paper cuttings and vintage welding glasses my friend gifted me. As you can see, the paper made it into the piece but the glasses did not, even though they inspired the composition etc. That is not unusual...sometimes things just need to be added or not.  There is no doubt that the glasses will make a future appearance and the paper cuttings will appear again and again, I'm sure.

So I give you the finished work: Static. She will be appearing for the rest of this week in at the Craig Gallery, Alderney Landing in Dartmouth.  

Sparking an idea

Knowing my penchant for vintage and found objects, my friend David gifted me a pair of industrial safety glasses and a tin box filled with 'confetti' bits cut from a publishing project he was binding...a perpetual calendar. He gave these 'confetti' bits a clever name--I will ask him to recall what that was--and told me he hoped I would be inspired to create a work using these items. That was almost 2 years ago and I have been waiting for the right idea to pop into my head so I could incorporate these items into my work.

This week it hit me.

Here's the progress so far....the working title for now is "From Static". Stay tuned...more progress to be posted very soon.

Thank you again David!