Object: Feather
Materials: Marble
and Italian Smalti on Cement Board
Dimensions: 6.5 "
x 10.5 "
Method: Direct
with mortar
The
peacock feather ... only Mother Nature
can come up with such a combination of colors and
shapes without the result turning out garish. This fancy
plumage has been depicted time and time again by artists,
and now I join the crowd.
The
flow of the feather's branches fluttering freely
in contrast with the lock-step direction
inside the focal eye: that is what pulls me in.
Marble
was used for all of the background and the majority
of the feather. The colorful eye required a little punch
of smalti glass to give this classic subject its due.
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