Kimmy McHarrie 2016
Artworks in Glass and Stone
von John Gallen
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I have spent my life creating in one way or another. This book shows a collection of works representing the 15 years I have spent making mosaics. It reflects my love of nature and the sea which has always played a large part in my life as I was born and brought up on the Isle of Man.
Many of the subjects and most of the fish in this book are from recollections of my childhood there. My work has always been collage led and I see mosaic as an extension of this, colour, shape and texture being all important. It is always a challenge to produce work with “life” from such an ungiving medium and the limited colour palette available to me also imposes interesting constraints.
The biggest obstacle to me is the length of time the work takes me to produce as I have so many pictures in my head but not enough time to create them all. The fact that mosaic art is so ancient appeals to me, as does the tactile and organic quality of the work. Each piece of work is like a journey, beginning with an idea and ending somewhere I may not have expected.
I use the double reverse method of mosaic making to make most of my work. In this method all the pieces of stone and glass are set in a temporary bed of lime. When the mosaic is finished to my satisfaction which can take many weeks, I glue cloth on to the front of it, leave it to dry for a week or so and then pull it out of the temporary bed. The lime is then pricked out from between the back of all the tesserae. Once this stage is completed the mosaic is then set in cement mortar, left again to set for some time and the cloth is finally removed with boiling water. I then spend many hours cleaning each mosaic.
This method has a much more undulated and pleasing surface as all the tesserae are set at different levels in the cement. This is particularly effective when using glass as the uneven surface gives a shimmering effect which works particularly well for the sea and fish related works.
Many of the subjects and most of the fish in this book are from recollections of my childhood there. My work has always been collage led and I see mosaic as an extension of this, colour, shape and texture being all important. It is always a challenge to produce work with “life” from such an ungiving medium and the limited colour palette available to me also imposes interesting constraints.
The biggest obstacle to me is the length of time the work takes me to produce as I have so many pictures in my head but not enough time to create them all. The fact that mosaic art is so ancient appeals to me, as does the tactile and organic quality of the work. Each piece of work is like a journey, beginning with an idea and ending somewhere I may not have expected.
I use the double reverse method of mosaic making to make most of my work. In this method all the pieces of stone and glass are set in a temporary bed of lime. When the mosaic is finished to my satisfaction which can take many weeks, I glue cloth on to the front of it, leave it to dry for a week or so and then pull it out of the temporary bed. The lime is then pricked out from between the back of all the tesserae. Once this stage is completed the mosaic is then set in cement mortar, left again to set for some time and the cloth is finally removed with boiling water. I then spend many hours cleaning each mosaic.
This method has a much more undulated and pleasing surface as all the tesserae are set at different levels in the cement. This is particularly effective when using glass as the uneven surface gives a shimmering effect which works particularly well for the sea and fish related works.
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Eigenschaften und Details
- Hauptkategorie: Kunst & Fotografie
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Projektoption: Standard-Querformat, 25×20 cm
Seitenanzahl: 60 - Veröffentlichungsdatum: Mai 14, 2016
- Sprache English
- Schlüsselwörter Artworks, Glass, Stone
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