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Category Archives: Making work
Peach tree bearing fruit
My tree is almost complete, with her spirals covered by hundreds of little lights glowing under the fabric that wraps the metal structure, concealing the fact that this is made from steel pipe. She’s not fully lit in this image, which shows … Continue reading
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Phew.
Last night Lukas and I were arriving at the theatre when he received a call from his brother letting him know that his father had just passed away – he’s obviously got a million things running through his mind right now, poor … Continue reading
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Tree
I drove to Santa Barbara this afternoon to bring the fabric to the tree and visit with Lukas for a while in order to figure out any issues that we might have with the tree, but there really aren’t any … Continue reading
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Lovely copper spirals
 Aren’t these lovely! Latest photo courtesy of Lukas in Santa Barbara where he’s working hard to build the tree. The spirals go onto the ends of the branches, vertically. I’m looking forward to seeing the small pieces go onto … Continue reading
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Big
I’ve been working on the geomantic man piece and figuring out how I might eventually be satisfied with him. I’m re-silvering the dark blue ground around him down to a low horizon line where I’m planning to paint a line … Continue reading
A golden monad
I worked on the sun and the rain drops today, sanding the gesso down then painting a layer of the bole and sanding that too. Once it was washed and dry I added a thin coat of adhesive and gilded … Continue reading
Gold and the Face of the Sun
 I re-started working on the Geomantic Man painting, which is so big that I can barely manage to move it around the studio on my own. I have never been satisfied with the face, and now I want to … Continue reading
Tree branches
Lukas has continued his work building my tree for the show in Santa Barbara – it’s looking good so far, and I’m looking forward to seeing the spirals get onto the ends of the branches. The spirals will be copper … Continue reading
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The raindrops of the sun, golden tears
I’ve spent an improbably long time painting these drops and the circle of the sun with white gesso, preparing the ground for the red bole primer then the gold leaf. I’m looking for enough gesso that can be sanded down … Continue reading
The tree
                   Photos by Lukas Bridgeman The tree is moving along nicely, thanks to Lukas’ hard work. Here are a couple of pictures of … Continue reading
