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S...m...a...l...l... I'm unfamiliar with this term. Do you mean something less than 2 feet? That's crazy talk Mister...I don't think that can be done! In my defense I will say only this...Brock wrote: C'mon you chicken. I can think of an opposite for you. SMALL!
A minute ago you didn't understand the assignment and suddenly you're giving orders!Steve Immerman wrote:Yes, Avery. No black. No round shapes. No surface design. No animals and no drawing! Enjoy.Avery Anderson wrote:I'll join this effort too. Let's see....this will eliminate sandblasted black irid, platter shapes, dichro, gold lusters, AND micas ... OH NO(How will I live????)! Avery
Steve
Maybe I'll try landscapes in gold leaf, neither of which I ever use in glass. And no black.... hmmmm. Could be interesting.My bad. I read Amy (not Milwaukee) as Amy in Milwaukee.Amy on Salt Spring wrote:S...m...a...l...l... I'm unfamiliar with this term. Do you mean something less than 2 feet? That's crazy talk Mister...I don't think that can be done! In my defense I will say only this...Brock wrote: C'mon you chicken. I can think of an opposite for you. SMALL!
Cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck....cluck.
Amy
P.S. Barbara the piece I am working on has lots of colors and tons of little pieces (and its going to be the death of me)! I'll leave this challenge to my betters...
Jackie are you suggesting that the challenge is to create the opposite of our usual intent/message with the opposite of our usual methods? Or to try to communicate our usual intent/message with tools and methods opposite from what we usually use?Jackie Beckman wrote:OK - this is good - we're getting somewhere with this.
Once again, the assignment, as Doc Steve requested, is as follows: (If you already get the idea, you can skip the instructions - they are just there to help spawn ideas for those who are stuck)
1. Write down words that describe your work, it's usual intent (sorry Don - it's only a suggestion) the common processes or "tools" that you use to make you work. When I say "tools" I don't mean the actual real tools, although, you may choose to avoid the ones you use all the time as well.
2. Next, write down opposites of those words. Steve was questioning if all words even have opposites (Docters! Sheesh!) Surely some of the words on your list will - use those!
3. From your opposites list, start grouping words together that you think you can derive a piece from. This can be anything from the obvious, (if you work in geometrics, then do wiggly) to the more profound. The choice is yours. The idea is to get out of your comfort zone a little bit, expand your horizons, think outside the box and all those other good cliches -
You've got nothing to loose and a whole new world to gain, so have fun and try something new.
Jackie
Yes. I understand the opposite of Avery's work. I don't understand the opposite of mine. But, nonetheless, I think the opposite of my work looks like Cliff's. Even though not everything has an opposite. And even if everyone's technique has an opposite, it doesn't mean the opposite is actually a technique that is applicable to glass fusing. And actually, we don't want everything to be opposite, since we want the new pieces to be "beautiful" even though they are the opposite of other pieces that were "beautiful". So, since you came up with this cockamamie scheme, I figured you could give me and Cliff direction. But, if you are going to be nasty about it, we'll just both make pieces with little "Beckman-explosions in them"... and obtain a patent on them.Jackie Beckman wrote:A minute ago you didn't understand the assignment and suddenly you're giving orders!Steve Immerman wrote:Yes, Avery. No black. No round shapes. No surface design. No animals and no drawing! Enjoy.Avery Anderson wrote:I'll join this effort too. Let's see....this will eliminate sandblasted black irid, platter shapes, dichro, gold lusters, AND micas ... OH NO(How will I live????)! Avery
Steve
Hi Barbara,Jackie are you suggesting that the challenge is to create the opposite of our usual intent/message with the opposite of our usual methods? Or to try to communicate our usual intent/message with tools and methods opposite from what we usually use?
Barbara
I'm really surprised at you Steve. You just never struck me as the type of student that needed such hand-holding to get through an assignment.Yes. I understand the opposite of Avery's work. I don't understand the opposite of mine. But, nonetheless, I think the opposite of my work looks like Cliff's. Even though not everything has an opposite. And even if everyone's technique has an opposite, it doesn't mean the opposite is actually a technique that is applicable to glass fusing. And actually, we don't want everything to be opposite, since we want the new pieces to be "beautiful" even though they are the opposite of other pieces that were "beautiful". So, since you came up with this cockamamie scheme, I figured you could give me and Cliff direction. But, if you are going to be nasty about it, we'll just both make pieces with little "Beckman-explosions in them"... and obtain a patent on them.
Just kidding.
Steve
You're kind of a tight-ass, huh? ) But the BEST person to describe this work is YOU, Steve - I have only touched the surface here. There are opposite or at the very least, contrasting words or descriptions for every item on this list. Surely you can figure those out, but if not, let me know. (You are taking the fun out of this for yourself, you know.) Now, pick some, doesn't need to be ALL of these contrasting ideas, and begin grouping together what you would "enjoy" seeing put together in a piece. Does that help any?Hmmm....well Steve, I'm gonna cheat!!!! No way am I making a piece without some imagery relating to animals. I was never very good at "assignments" anyway. Enjoy your sandblasting!Steve Immerman wrote:Yes, Avery. No black. No round shapes. No surface design. No animals and no drawing! Enjoy.Avery Anderson wrote:I'll join this effort too. Let's see....this will eliminate sandblasted black irid, platter shapes, dichro, gold lusters, AND micas ... OH NO(How will I live????)! Avery
Steve
How about a radical departure from your "Vanishing Limks" series, and do something with "Animals We Eat"!Avery Anderson wrote:Hmmm....well Steve, I'm gonna cheat!!!! No way am I making a piece without some imagery relating to animals. I was never very good at "assignments" anyway. Enjoy your sandblasting!Steve Immerman wrote:Yes, Avery. No black. No round shapes. No surface design. No animals and no drawing! Enjoy.Avery Anderson wrote:I'll join this effort too. Let's see....this will eliminate sandblasted black irid, platter shapes, dichro, gold lusters, AND micas ... OH NO(How will I live????)! Avery
Steve
Avery
