As I am still experimenting … developing my skills … trying to find my path… work out which one I can do the most with…
So my current projects are:
a) using enamels in fully fused work, method a la Paul Messink
b) using dichroic paper and micas to enhance fused glass items not just jewellry
c) combining enamels with dichroic and micas
these last two are based on Tanya’s methodologies but using others enamels that already existed in the ceramics world.
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My work is anthropomorphic. Often presented in pairs. Balance is a constant consideration within this work.
Anne Notebaert is looking for the simple balance in nature, the beauty of the sea, the everyday things of life you meet everywhere without paying attention to them.
Her glasssware smells of the sea and touches the sky.
Her work comes from a fascination for sea acorns, little beauties on the beach. The first glassware was simple and poetic, later she tried to show a realistic image of seasponges.
Looking for new techniques and experimenting her work has become more abstract. So her work of art is more like a surprising, amazing creation. And this new emotion is not anymore related to the original marine animal. Only the astonishment of the first discovery lasts.
My pieces are inspired by the sea, its forms and creatures combined with the human mind. Taking my pieces underwater helps develop ideas. Sculptures made using a kiln formed technique, often combined with porcelain.
Glass sculptures are my focus. Each piece goes through multiple steps that can include firings in the kiln, lamination and cold-working.
Making glass pieces gives me a chance to explore the fluid forms of glass and how colors react with each other. I enjoy the challenge melting or combining glass provides because it often has its own idea of where to go and how to behave.