My portrait is entitled “Self Esteem” and represents how body image can impact your view of self. My weight and dress size have played a significant role in my life since my teens. It is only as I enter middle age that I realize that neither weight nor size define who I am.
7.5 x 10 “
Fused glass sheets, powders and frit.
I mixed Teal powder and fine frit and sifted it over a sheet of French Vanilla and added/subtracted to create the internal body shape. I selected colors that react as I wanted to use that to also help define the shapes. I then added additional parallel lines to my shape to indicate changing size. This was brought to a tack fuse. Next the tile was centered on a base of Teal topped with Clear Iridescent. More frit and powder were added to the lines to ensure they stayed raised and crisp. This was then brought to a dimensional fuse.
3 comments:
I really like how your simple lines portray "woman." Very nice.
Terry, your piece is beautiful. I also read the parallel lines of the torso as the ebb & flow of breath in the feminine form; how we all have to remember to breathe sometimes.
Linda
I relate with your thoughts on weight nor size as defining who you are.
I like your choice of colors and that they interact to add more complexity to yourself.
I like that you used the rolled edge of the vanilla glass.
I would enjoy seeing this in real time.
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