Sunday, March 3, 2019

AURAS

Since they are portable, but could be set into an exterior wall, these were hung indoors, which needed to support that weight. An early one entered in a show wasn't hung but put it in a glass case, so they haven't circulated to shows since. They need to be hung. They had to be fired in sections which means the larger were cut into threes or fours or two parts depending, so the design bears these lines through it. The themes were discerned as the process developed. First there were small figures, bears floating in a cloud, children playing with lollipops, but after an early version of Breugels Opening of the Fifth Seal, but without any effort to continue that theme, the fluid composition produced figures in procession, like the Early Captives of Egypt. These further became portals of the divine gates and then seraphim. There are many processions which become figures or families of up to four that cover compositions. Some become in-depth looks of one or two. There are a number of horses, and stand alone figures like medieval woodcuts, finished in glass, and whole heads mounted on a background of plexiglass. The horses were unintentional, produced by the fluid motion and after recognized. There are more of these that I realized, 30 or 40 perhaps.

























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