tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64096210201325006012024-03-14T10:59:38.094-07:00La fan du designÉlise Somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10872102571090207790noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409621020132500601.post-38746102291650979752013-12-17T15:09:00.001-08:002013-12-17T15:13:30.650-08:00Heads<div style="text-align: center;">
A little post on the progress of a new project. </div>
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A head.</div>
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I sometimes follow the first sketch that gets my creative juices flowing. I sometimes enjoy it just as a start, and continue morphing the project at hand.</div>
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This head is an example of how a starting image can morph into multiples</div>
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The first few hours </div>
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Hey, female gone young male</div>
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The sarting image ( a woman with a bird in her hair)</div>
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laid in front of the resulting young male clay sculpture</div>
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hummmm,</div>
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proportions are close</div>
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just a sex and age change.</div>
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I notice and question: </div>
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The eyebrows seem real high, </div>
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oh, well.</div>
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Then with the use of photoshop ( elements : the baby program) I overlay a multitude of photos of found faces.</div>
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Overlaying these makes me realise that my facial feature positions match quite a few other photos of real faces and painted, sculpted faces. </div>
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and some other permutations,</div>
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these I find give me some new 'start' to imagine possible very light colorings to investigate after bisquing the piece.</div>
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Next: get the head ready to be bisqued.</div>
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I am at present juggling on how much I want to define the ears.</div>
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Claying is to me a very slow process.<br />
I feel I have arrived at home, so I cherish that it is not rushed. That does not mean that I am very humbled by the media, and find myself being challenged regularly.</div>
Élise Somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10872102571090207790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409621020132500601.post-58240657486900834462013-12-17T14:48:00.001-08:002013-12-17T14:49:28.004-08:00sitting figure<div style="text-align: center;">
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Was in Florida for a short visit. </div>
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Found a little clay left and sculpted this piece.</div>
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Inspired by my sleeping muse.</div>
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My muse doesn't actually watch tv in the nude ( he does sit in an armchair). I here blended both Pierre and his armchair. But we have spent so many hours together after supper just zoning-out in front of the telly. I am the one who actually sleeps. And not in an armchair, but in an old battered kakhi green cord sofa. </div>
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done in a clay-body called Maccabe from axner pottery supplies</div>
Élise Somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10872102571090207790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409621020132500601.post-29002440344201796152013-10-05T11:01:00.002-07:002013-10-05T11:01:18.124-07:00Fresh out of the kiln<div style="text-align: center;">
Opening the kiln this morning I did not expect</div>
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to see any clear shinny glazes.</div>
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I was expecting the very thin pinched bowls</div>
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and flower</div>
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to be very cracked, but no!</div>
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(colorful! and a little out of focus-sorry)</div>
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let's try again, </div>
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now everybody smile!:</div>
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Élise Somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10872102571090207790noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409621020132500601.post-10507828613436919342013-09-20T13:27:00.001-07:002013-09-22T07:13:39.295-07:00more steps to the process<div style="text-align: center;">
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There seams to always be another step waiting to be done.</div>
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dripped some 'bermuda aqua' over some sage </div>
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terra sig + Mason stain mixtures</div>
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felt a little playfull with this one</div>
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I could'nt figure what this little creature's story was.</div>
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Just being attentive making some half-decent hands was what I needed to work on. </div>
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I have the feeling this will also be part of the 'bell' family' </div>
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it's base is already waiting for the hands to dry </div>
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Revisiting the red clay</div>
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to do a few ''tweeks'' - mainly softening some of the harder edges and changing eye-direction.</div>
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'angel bell #2' - bone dry</div>
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bone-dry red clay family</div>
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gathered for a picture: click!</div>
Élise Somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10872102571090207790noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409621020132500601.post-19005339988297671062013-09-14T09:10:00.000-07:002013-09-14T09:10:12.257-07:00Limited palette<div style="text-align: center;">
a limited palette</div>
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(a recently fired plate, 4 x 5 inches oil on board portrait)</div>
Élise Somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10872102571090207790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409621020132500601.post-15197050936695852312013-09-14T08:54:00.000-07:002013-09-14T08:57:26.139-07:00 WHERE GOOD IDEAS COME FROM <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/NugRZGDbPFU" width="480"></iframe>
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Connectivity and community<br />
and<br />
For you who have time,<br />
here is an excellent <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0af00UcTO-c&sns=em" target="_blank">TED conference given by Steven Johnson </a><br />
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Remix! another video for the creative community</div>
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Remix : by Nina Paley</div>
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goddess eye candy danse video</div>
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Worked on another head yesterday using clay labeled '519'.<br />
Things were so messy and I felt I was caught <br />
in a repeat: do-undo-redo cycle.<br />
Was wise enough not to destroy<br />
hours of cycling and dunked the '519' head<br />
in water to smooth everything-out and placed it under a bag to wait.<br />
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This morning I start with fresh plans and intentions.<br />
<a href="http://lafandudesign.blogspot.ca/2013/09/always-follow-your-intuition-when-doing.html" target="_blank">After watching Kiki's video.</a><br />
I decide to give a special attention to my intuition.<br />
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Let's see what happened:<br />
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After seing a dear print ,<br />
I started laying clay on top of the print, realizing<br />
- Hey that is a fast way to get realistic proportions,<br />
after a few minutes: got bored,<br />
definitely thought of not placing the legs or the tail or the ears,<br />
but remembered to:<br />
listen to my intuition - and finished off <br />
rapidly the little dear and called it a: ''sketch!''</div>
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a sketch for?<br />
got yesterday's head out, and placed it on the print!<br />
Yep! time to do a sculpture!<br />
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Funny thing was, that I had somehow already rolled out and shaped some cylinders<br />
chop, chop, slip, slip<br />
yep! just need some legs and ears now!<br />
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1st time around,<br />
got legs, tail and ears.<br />
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After removing the little creature from it's hefty cylindrical support.<br />
O-O<br />
I get myself into a:<br />
beginner's mistake! = learning curve : up-hill time!<br />
legs cannot bear the weigth,<br />
are especially uneven<br />
and crack, crack, crack<br />
one ear comes off as well.<br />
OK!<br />
intuition time!<br />
it's for the best!a do over is what is best for the little creature<br />
rigth!<br />
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morning turns into afternoon,<br />
it finally stands : and it is time for me to halt!<br />
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has the dear morphed into a lamb? or is it wearing a baby cap with bear ears?</div>
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Love Kiki Smith's sculptures </div>
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her mom told her to always, </div>
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always listen to her intuition while doing art - with that sound advice I began this morning's clay-explorations
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<a href="http://pinterest.com/elisesome/boards/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> has been a teacher, a friend, </div>
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and connectivity<br />
to a supportive and generous artist community<br />
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Once more, I cherish listening to the wisdom of this<br />
short video ( found , many months ago on Pinterest)<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=PbC4gqZGPSY#t=62" target="_blank"><b> of Ira Glass - on the creative process </b></a></div>
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Pinterest is such a fabulous way to keep research albums of our interests.<br />
Here are a few links to some of my favorite personal albums</div>
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<a href="http://pinterest.com/elisesome/ceramics/" target="_blank">ceramics</a> , <a href="http://pinterest.com/elisesome/design-and-painting/" target="_blank">design and painting </a>, <a href="http://pinterest.com/elisesome/pattern-and-design/" target="_blank">pattern and design</a> , <a href="http://pinterest.com/elisesome/illustrations/" target="_blank"> illustrations</a>, <a href="http://pinterest.com/elisesome/art-videos/" target="_blank">art videos</a>,<br />
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all my boards: <a href="http://pinterest.com/elisesome/boards/" target="_blank">pinterest/ elise some </a></div>
Élise Somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10872102571090207790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409621020132500601.post-10716846404283389262013-09-05T08:32:00.001-07:002013-09-05T08:39:41.894-07:00into a bell<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Started as a bowl with a high foot - I had the best intentions of making a bowl:<br />
turned it upside down, yesterday afternoon</div>
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it now seems this piece will likely turn-up as a bell! </div>
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(not sure about the shape and location of the wings though,....)</div>
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Since June :<br />
this is the 3rd mutation of this head!<br />
Clay's got to do what it's got to do<br />
And I have to practice letting go!</div>
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This afternoon,<br />
I will be attending my local potter's guild first get-together since joining the group.<br />
Today's theme is: ''bowl throwing'' for the empty bowl charity.<br />
I just read the e-mail giving some more details about the event.<br />
Members wil be given clay for 5 bowls.<br />
(that is: 5 bowls in 5 hours) <br />
What?<br />
Since November 2012,<br />
I yet to have one bowl fired and glazed<br />
or<br />
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Élise Somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10872102571090207790noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409621020132500601.post-89129414945424595592013-08-26T08:19:00.002-07:002013-08-26T08:19:45.555-07:00one little tile<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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one little tile</div>
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OK with me!</div>
Élise Somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10872102571090207790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409621020132500601.post-3387431395169548062013-08-26T08:14:00.000-07:002013-08-26T08:14:52.498-07:00put a branch on it!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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''Put a branch on it!''</div>
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High on a shelf in my studio-office</div>
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two sculptural clayworks are at a stand still under their see-trough wraps.</div>
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I have watched lately a series appearing on Netflix called ''Portlandia''. Amazing acting, crazy creative characters, what a laugh! </div>
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Absurdity and parody of an era:</div>
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the 90's Utopia thrives in the city of Portland </div>
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One sketch is called:</div>
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a decade later the analogy could be :</div>
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Élise Somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10872102571090207790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409621020132500601.post-36847922416874709682013-08-26T07:48:00.004-07:002013-08-26T07:48:53.981-07:00Awesome little bird<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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unfired birdy color test tile painted with underglazes</div>
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( Mason stains mixed in terra sig)</div>
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looking good on that bone dry clay prior to it's bisque firing!</div>
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after bisque firing at cone 06. </div>
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Where did all the pretty blues go?</div>
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underglazes refired over glossy dark brown glaze successfully!!! </div>
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How totally awesome is that!!!!</div>
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<br />Élise Somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10872102571090207790noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409621020132500601.post-84479475294602906562013-08-26T07:30:00.000-07:002013-08-26T07:31:09.251-07:00sticky situation!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Forgot to put a little spiky thingy under this vase prior to firing at cone6 - did not know that matte underglazes ( such as Cover-Coats and EZ-strokes) stuck to the shelves - did the inside glaze melt through? </div>
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The sticky situation for me here is more taking on the challenge of hues</div>
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more specifically the clash of : </div>
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blacks and blues ( and a little toast)</div>
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Élise Somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10872102571090207790noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409621020132500601.post-67521268557065377242013-08-26T07:09:00.002-07:002013-08-26T07:09:18.394-07:00a little toasty<br />
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This was my first cone6 firing. I am glad to see the colors of matured clay - however I never expected, or even new that clay could toast!</div>
<br />Élise Somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10872102571090207790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409621020132500601.post-54656280753138885952013-06-04T10:00:00.002-07:002013-06-04T10:11:24.170-07:00What's under the plastic bags?<br />
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What's hiding under all those plastic bags?</div>
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A few picces and partsd of work in progress</div>
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A lot of bowl shapes are popping up in my work for I will contribute some ''bowls', to the ''empty Bowl'' Charity - to help fight hunger- an event held once a year- where for $25.00 or so you can purchase a bowl and get served soup with a piece of bread - a rudimentary meal to remind us of those in need!</div>
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This event took place on Saturday the 13 th of April- this year- should be arround the same dates next year!</div>
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Noodling with slip!</div>
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Pete Pinnell's White Slip:</div>
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40 OM4</div>
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Bisqued trial slip trail tiles</div>
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For a few weeks I was obsessed in doing solely color test tiles.</div>
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(Thank you Eric of <a href="http://www.miyceramics.com/" target="_blank">MIY</a> for your patience in placing these irregular shaped thingys into the kiln, and never conplaining!)</div>
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Breaking the color-code remains a quest and a mystery</div>
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My first 3 sculptural pieces in red clay:<br />
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to the left: ''Bowl with bathers''<br />
center piece: ''dog urn''<br />
to the right: ''entwined couple''<br />
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This red clay has a lot of grogg which makes it a fast sculpural medium with coarse details.</div>
Élise Somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10872102571090207790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409621020132500601.post-8778450238230491502013-06-03T10:06:00.005-07:002013-06-03T12:49:15.478-07:00Yellow nude series<div style="text-align: center;">
The yellow nudes series</div>
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A very short serie - but none the less a serie - inspired from yellow blooms early summer a few years back. Reality is: it takes me a while to develop, paint , photograph and post.</div>
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The use of the nude to me transcends time/social class and culture. They are part of my imaginary mythological world of humanity.</div>
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My wish for these yellow nudes are a physical and emotional connection to the landscape : rest, contemplation and heroic vision. </div>
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''giant at rest''<br />
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'' just contemplation''<br />
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''Diana without her bow''<br />
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Élise Somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10872102571090207790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409621020132500601.post-25477148512135095652013-06-03T09:42:00.002-07:002013-06-03T10:24:52.351-07:00Mutant<div style="text-align: center;">
Came out of the kiln intact. (back in March or April of this year)</div>
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All the pieces that I made in Florida ( November through May 2012/2013) are still in Florida.</div>
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When I will get back it will be time to: </div>
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decide !<br />
How and especially What to glaze </div>
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''mutant''</div>
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This bulbous vase sums up what winter into spring looks like to me, a few leaves floating on top, white and the promise of fragile shoots of lime green and tender lavender blooms </div>
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''winter into spring''</div>
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(Matt underglazes)</div>
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