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When my daughter was home earlier this year, we visited the installation of Ellsworth Kelly's chapel at the Blanton Museum on the University of Texas campus. It was awesome and inspiring.
The chapel is permanent, but the exhibit of his works on paper and canvas closed at the end of April. I'm so glad we saw it, because it was filled with bright color, including studies for the glass he would use in the building.The windows in the chapel are incredible. The colors are intense, beautiful and throw light on to the floor of the building as the sun comes through.
I was especially drawn to the one with the "tumbling squares", which is what he calls the ones set at varying angles. I liked that while being off kilter, they are very precisely arranged.
My daughter went back to school, and I went back to the studio...but I kept thinking about those jewel toned windows...so I decided I would try making a batch of earrings that reflected the design of the chapel.
I thought "what if I made singles?", tumbling square and long bar earrings that could be purchased individually to mix and match in the way each window is a little bit different from the one next to it.
I filled a kiln shelf and waited to see how the pieces would look after they were fired...and remember those "striker" glasses I wrote about...that's what the pale lavender and yellow ones are (they came out of the kiln pink and bright yellow).
So I made dozens of earwires, sent photos to the manager of the Blanton museum shop and crossed my fingers. I had an initial positive response, then things slowed down because...summer...but I am hopeful that they will eventually find their way into the jewelry case.
Also, because summer, I'm taking a break for the month of August. If I have an update on the Blanton shop, I'll let you know when I get back.
Until next time.
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