I want each piece that I make to be viewed in the context of a well crafted object of art. Picasso famously remarked that a work of art is not complete until it is purchased. I though it would be helpful if I offered prices with some of the pieces that I have been developing, since last May, for the Bayou City Art Festival
$128
40mm Austrian Crystal ball will throw hundreds of rainbows. 40 mm is about the size of a cue ball.
$28 with tapered scroll.
Clean crystal and window with Windex or Glass Plus for best results. I snapped this 20mm octagon on account of the next two images.
Rainbow pattern here is 4 inches across
Please forgive rudimentary techniques employed in painting of bio-engineered Agave Parking Lot Illuminator
A Single 20mm octagon, smaller than a nickel, larger than a dime, makes all these rainbows. This is important to understand when looking at mobiles displayed elsewhere.
$28 Moon Lander
This is one of a collection of three variations priced in the $24-$28 range. The 16mm octagon will throw rainbows about 8-10 feet. We saw the 20mm octagon in action above. The ball throwns hundreds of rainbows.
$24 16mm Arora Borealis Crystals
I do not just favor the Aurora Borealis glaze on the crystals because I grew up on Aurora Street in the Sunset Heights addition of Houston.
$24-$28
On the right day, either piece is utterly dazzling, the bigger the crystal, the bigger the rainbow. The mobile on the right, $28, has the 20mm octagon featured in the rainbow samples above.
$95 with Sterling Chain
I pulled one of these stunning cut amethyst specimens from my collection for the Bayou City Arts Fair. .
$95
The interior is flame painted. The exterior is hand polished, showing two aspects of the bronze.
Bronze reflects interior chasing
As I have mentioned in another blog entry, if a bowl is all you are interested in--and I understand this--they can be had from Goodwill for as little a $3. The $95 price tag does not reflect the full cost of this piece. I have always wanted to make vessels. The only way to do it is to do it. It takes about 100 to achieve the level to which I aim. In the meantime, this one is signed and cool and someone may appreciate it. I gave one to a family member who would appreciate it last year
$98 with Sterling Chain
Chased Argentium Silver on Copper. Half the things I made in August look like hurricanes. Why?
$48 with chain
Copper, trying out new chasing tools
$48
Herkimer diamond is a quartz found almost exclusively in a single vein in Herkimer New York. This one is wrapped in Argentium Silver.
$65 - Argentium
I have a lot of spiral-themed work.
$125
Chase and Repoussé. 40mm Aurora Borealis Crystal will throw rainbows 50 feet from the window, makes big rainbows.
$98
This is ruby glass under a chased copper pendant, on a 14kt gold filled chain.
$65 on chain
Chase and repousse, Argentium-copper-argentium on sterling chain, a cubist work.
$158
Hammer forged leaves, alcohol ink color, 40mm Octagon
$65 with chain
A free-hand chased scenarios, a bit like plain air painting, a bit abstract expressionism.
$65 - Rubelite Tourmaline wrapped in Argentium
This is a rare and valuable stone, priced with chain.