Tuesday, March 9, 2010

There are power lines in our bloodlines.


I've been stretching out scraps of copper until they are paper-thin,
then cutting into them and shaping them into crinkled and tendrillar shapes.

A bit of solder tacks them in places
and attaches bases.


Tonight, I started to apply layers of enamel.


They go into the kiln at about 1450˚.


After multiple firings, the transparent enamel starts to take on a radiant sheen.


The enamel can't touch anything while it's in the kiln,
so each piece requires its own weird method of propping it up.


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