Here is my latest mosaic cane. I am very pleased with the way she came out. I went with a more artistic interpretation with my use of colors. When I was building this cane I had to take a leap of faith that it was coming out right. At first when you just have a few lines it is hard to see the face. I remember when I had about 1/4 of the cane finished I had it sitting on my work table. When I came back to work on it and I turned on the light, from across the room I could see the face clearly. Of course up close it was difficult to see. Fortunately I had faith and kept working. As I said I am very pleased with the way she turned out. Since I had so much trouble with my last mosaic with taking a slice of the full size cane that this time I decided to save it by cutting off each line as I built it and saving it onto a sheet of clay. This resulted in a mosaic made up of uneven bits and pieces. I have included some pictures of this. One you can see from the end how uneven it is. Again from across the room the face is visible. I like the way the pieces are uneven. I hope you do too. I will try to reduce the cane tomorrow. Wish me luck.
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wow!! good luck...altho I doubt you'll need it. Anyone who can put cane together like that deserves the term professional genius after their name.
ReplyDeleteholy crow Julie, what a leap of faith. it is awesome! All my hairs and toes are crossed for the reduction. I *know* in my gut it will go well
ReplyDeleteFantastic, Julie!!! I truly believe you are the next "best thing in polymer clay"!!!
ReplyDeleteAmazing work! Love,love, love the cane. You are a genius. The uneven slice is truly awesome.
ReplyDeleteWow!
ReplyDeleteAmazing - thanks for letting us share the journey.
ReplyDeleteI don't usually like caning, but I definitely like this caning! Excellent and innovative!
ReplyDeleteWow Julie! Congratulations on the completion of your new baby! She is beautiful! I am still loving my necklace I bought from Cabin Fever! Let me know when you have some finished pieces for sale with your new cane.
ReplyDeleteKatie,
ReplyDeleteHi sweetie! Write to me at my email. (see link on blog) I lost your email address.
Thanks,
Julie
Leo would be proud!
ReplyDeleteThis is absolutely amazing! You must have the patience of Job to create such a feat!
ReplyDeleteJulie, that is absolutely amazing! Had to show it to my husband, who asked the question "How big is it?"
ReplyDeleteNo matter what the dimensions (and I'll admit, I'm curious too), that is impressive!
Julie, have you seen the art work of Chuck Close? Your cane reminds of his. It is fantastic.
ReplyDeleteJulie, I LOVE IT. Its Robin from Sundance and Alb. Cant wait to see u in WI in Oct.
ReplyDeleteBravo! Simply amazing!
ReplyDeleteThat simply boggles my mind! KUDOS!!!!
ReplyDeletegera
Whoa, this is just mindboggling. So fabulous. I think it's almost sad that you want to reduce it. It looks like a great one-off mosaic artwork deserving preservation in all it's raw beauty.
ReplyDeleteSabine
Julie, Magnificent! Can you tell us the dimensions of the piece?
ReplyDeleteLinda
Wow!! Meticulous work I am very impressed. I think the scariest part would be trying to slice it and get all of the image. Good luck!1 Hope to see the results.
ReplyDeleteYou did it again, another master piece! Love it!
ReplyDeleteIt's grrrrreat!! Good luck on reducing it.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely stunning. The textured piece is the favorite. I love the idea that from a distance it is all instantly coherent and visible, but the closer you get it changes to seeing 'the trees but not the forest'. The textural quality add to that even more. Exquisite!
ReplyDeleteI saw you piece on polymer clay daily and your work is fantastic. I'm a quilter and sometimes it is hard to see the whole design because you cannot get far enough away. My quilting friends and I use a reducing glass or the door peep hole from the diy store, but look at the piece from the opposite side. They both give a distant view of the object you are studying. I hope this helps.
ReplyDeleteEmanda
This is brilliantly awesome. I live in NC too, but a couple hours east. My niece, who is almost 15, is a budding young polymer clay artist. Creating really great jewelry using the little bit I taught her as well as doing her own experimenting and research. She lives in Charlotte too. I would love for her to get a class or some exposure to your work and knowledge. Do you teach classes? Really amazing mosaic.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous cane Julie! What amazing work you do!
ReplyDeleteArtistically and technically spectacular. You have set the bar for caning very high indeed.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!
it is amazing.
ReplyDeleteAn amazing example of pointism. Seurat would be proud!
ReplyDeleteHi Julie, your cane is gorgeos! absolutely, and working on it for so a long time, wow! congratulations!
ReplyDeleteJust amazing!!!
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