Meeting a Kindred Soul
Abstract #6" - 12" x 12" Acrylic and colored pencil on canvas board - $150
I went “down the hill” today to visit my friend Barry. I walked into the furniture store he works at and met the owner’s wife.
I introduced myself and she said, “Oh, you’re Shaun, the ceramist!”
“Wow. I am known!,” I thought.
Anyway, she works in glass and needs some molds made. I haven’t made any glass molds before, but I am sure I can.
We talked about glass and how she works with it. It is all new to me, but I think it would be a blast to do some glass work.
What she does is layers the glass with clear glass and colored pieces. She sets it on the mold (of a bowl or plate) and heats it until the glass fuses and slumps into the mold.
It is pretty cool.
She said I was welcome to use her kiln any time!!! I might just get back into ceramics. I will probably trade a glass mold for kiln time.
I prefer a wood burning kiln, but beggars can’t be choosers, right?
Before I left, I mentioned that I am also a painter. She offered to let me put my work up on the walls of their furniture store! Wow, a place to exhibit. Cool. They show by appointment only, so there isn’t a lot of traffic, but one store can open the doors to more.
