The concept for the glass in Mari's Fire is to represent the elements of earth, air,fire and water. Within each of these natural elements will be animals and Chinese characters that are significant to Eeva.
One of the great things about working with glass is that if you are not happy with the results you can rework a piece to get it to what you want. These bottom pieces were all started with the same mosaic technique and the same type of glass. The idea was to insert with powdered frit the colors of fire, water or air into the mosaic work to start the panel that will represent the element. The first two fired were fire and water. I was not happy with the water piece so I reworked it and it became air. The result is shown.
As I build each sculpture glass section, I am duplicating the glass and techniques in small 6x8 inch tiles. The next activity will be to fit the glass into the metal frames of the sculpture and to check that the center template is the correct size and shape.
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