It's been fun trying out all sorts of different elements. Different sketches line up differently... and so there'll be more coming soon. Here are examples of the figure sketch as well as a corner design. The corner design will probably be etched into the plane.
I've begun gathering random materials to fuse on to the glass, including some gold finishings, smaller scraps, etc.
As much as I value the "just go" attitude, I need to be thinking about how to make this project presentable. The actual glass panels I will purchase at a costco-foroartists this coming week.
Questions still running around my head (which I've found someone to ask-- himself a freelance artist and a newly minted founder of a design start-up, Paul Gleason is a great contact to have in Berlin):
Musings on glass versus acrylic: this will have to come down to testing. I think both are viable options… I imagine the acrylic will be easier to etch, but render not-as-nice effects as on glass. But I might scavenge extra pieces lying around to test these.
Things I'm testing:
As much as I value the "just go" attitude, I need to be thinking about how to make this project presentable. The actual glass panels I will purchase at a costco-foroartists this coming week.
Questions still running around my head (which I've found someone to ask-- himself a freelance artist and a newly minted founder of a design start-up, Paul Gleason is a great contact to have in Berlin):
- How fuse together the panels?
- Will I need to make a frame (wooden/acrylic?) for each individual panel?
- Can I just glue the edges?
- How heavy do I dare make it?
Musings on glass versus acrylic: this will have to come down to testing. I think both are viable options… I imagine the acrylic will be easier to etch, but render not-as-nice effects as on glass. But I might scavenge extra pieces lying around to test these.
Things I'm testing:
- Functionally:How the mix of media looks.
- Design-wise: How busy to make it--> keeping in mind I want to make it purposefully busy.
