Mi Frida: Stained Glass Assemblage

Mi Frida: Stained Glass Assemblage, 20 x 40"

Upon arriving back to Winston Salem, I resumed working on Mi Frida, a stained glass assemblage. Completed today, it will be taken to Wilmington tomorrow for the No Boundaries Artist Colony exhibition to be held at the Acme Arts Gallery. At No Boundaries I worked on the fused millefiori elements in the background in addition to my vitreous femmage piece on Camille Claudel which will be exhibited.

I still need to get a better photograph of this piece, Mi Frida, but did not want to let it go without some kind of photo of it.

AIB MFA Residency 4

Here is a link to my photos of my 'crit' space for Residency 4: https://picasaweb.google.com/113967877601706753492/MFAAIBResidency4

I will probably add more photos later of our experience as the week progresses.

Homage to Frida: Stained Glass

Homage to Frida (More Progress)

Well I saved working more on this stained glass assemblage until my goal for my archive for the semester was complete. As a result it is not finished. I never intended to actually take this piece to residency, it is just too risky. I will work another night on it to bring it closer to completion, but it is clear it will not be done until I return from Boston.

I need to get it done though. Pam Toll, my current mentor artist, wants it in the No Boundaries exhibit on 1/27 and I would also like to exhibit this piece in my solo exhibit at Salem College, which opens on 2/9.

I know I am pushing it. But this is such a nice problem to have spaces and places to exhibit my work. This was one of my primary reasons for pursuing an MFA, to take a breather from so many years of mostly ecclesiastical commissions and installations to working on autonomous and self sustaining art for exhibition.

To view my progress on this piece:

https://picasaweb.google.com/113967877601706753492/HomageToFrida_StainedGlass?authkey=Gv1sRgCJOU66_OvejJbw