Mille-Pattes...

This is a new project I have been working on. I am still working on making up my mind about the fitting of these two pieces of glass. I have learned that sometimes even if you want to finish a piece, it is best to set it aside for a little while and the solution will come to me. I think I am almost there. Here is my process so far...

Nine legs...

Here are three pictures of a piece I had started a couple of years ago and decided to finally complete. The coldworking of those little feet were of course, the most time consuming part of this project.

Transmogrification...

One of my winter projects had to do with a common theme of mine, a creature in the midst of its transmogrifying state. This half fish half human being is set in a body of water. I started by making a few ruff sketches and jumped quickly in the making stage. I carved both wax and clay and cast this piece using clear, pale grey and yellow gaffer glass. I am quite pleased with this but I have plans to push this idea further.

Spring catching up

This blog has been shamefully neglected for the past few months spring is now in full swing. I will share with you some of my work from this winter in order to catch up to my current project developments. To begin, here is two final pictures of "Swimming Bird" the project I was working on when I wrote one of my last post.

Neon Glass Exhibition

Here is a few pictures of the neon exhibition I had the pleasure to participate in last month. It took place at the location of the Moving Neon Workshop I took part this summer, Neonworkshops in Wakefield UK. My piece is made of four neon sections that were moving in the sequence of two by two. I am also attaching the Tumbler page describing the exhibition.

http://neonworkshops.tumblr.com/

Project Update

I am working on three separate new pieces at the same time and I am finding it very exciting. I thought though that it would be interesting to post some progress pictures of  my swimming bird project. I have been working on this piece in particular on and off for a while and I am at the finishing stage. I now am making sure the glass fits nicely with the soapstone and I still have to polish the glass. I plan to make a complementary piece to this one and display them together.

Neon!

I have been for a long time interested in animating my quite static work with light, then creating an atmosphere for some of my pieces. this lead me to an interest in neon. I had the great opportunity to participate in a Neon workshop this last September. Richard William Wheater is the creator of Neon Workshops which took place in Wakefield, West Yorkshire England. This specific workshop focused on animation of and kinetic movement with neon light. I had the opportunity to practic and learn to make a piece of my own. It was great to work alone fellow neon enthusiast and I had the pleasure meet Jeff Friedman from Let There Be Neon in New York. I am now back home stimulated by the great potentials of this medium. Here is a selection of pictures demonstrating my experience!

  

This bird will swim...

This blog has been neglected in the last few months, but a lot is in the works! I have been having a website made, by the company Imajery from Montreal. I have also been working on several projects combining stone and glass. Here are a few images of drawings and stone carving that show my process for one well-documented project that will represent a bird swimming. The carving is almost done, and I will then start working on combining and fitting it with glass in order to complete this piece.

"The Melt Down"

If you find yourself in Calgary in May, come and see this exhibition of kiln glass "The Melt Down" at the Motion Gallery. I will be having four pieces on display, and three of them will be for sale. There will be an opening reception on may the 2nd from 6 to 9pm.

New pictures

I recently had done some professional pictures of my work and will show you a selection. This was long overdue and it is satisfying to have them to show! I have been busy this last month working on my professional development and am pleased to announce that I will soon have a web site of my own, created and designed by the Montreal web Design company Imajery. This will add to my promotion and presence online and I will be having from there, a link to this blog.