Friday, April 16, 2010

Song title competition and I LOVE PARIS

The competition is to create a piece inspired from a song title so I started thinking of singers, bands, songs, etc. that I liked. Most were hard for me to conceptualize as a glass piece.

John Denver's Rocky Mountain High...
John Denver's Eagle and the Hawk...
Bette Midler's The Rose...
Eagles' Desperado...and the list goes on.

I am admittedly a Francophile. So when I found out that a friend is stranded in Paris right now (boo hoo, right?), I started thinking there must be songs about Paris, with Paris in the title...Bingo!

Cole Porter wrote "I Love Paris" sung by Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole (and I'm sure others too).

So the chorus of:
I love Paris in the springtime
I love Paris in the Fall
I love Paris in the summer when it sizzles
I love Paris in the winter when it drizzles

made me think of a piece showing an iconic Paris thing in the four seasons.
I started by drawing the Eiffel Tower with black Liquid Stringer onto 4 separate clear tiles and let them dry before adding the powder frit.

Winter before firingSpring before firing

I have Winter in the kiln right now. I want to see how it turns out and if the clouds look good, I'll add a top layer of white to Spring for depth and interest.

Now I wish I had a bigger kiln so I can fire more than one tile at a time but since space is limited, I should just be happy that I have a kiln.

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