Atomic Physics

  • Unique accent lamp shown under spot light. Photo displays projected patterns in shadow of lamp.Inspiration source photo by Marc Muller

    Homage to PPAS

    $325.00

    This lamp is inspired by a photo of peeling paint. There is a Peeling Paint Appreciation Society (PPAS). It’s on Facebook. If, like me, you are looking for a graphic resource which you can inspire your own creative activity, the PPAS is a gold mine. Their discoveries reveal a breadth of color and graphic composition that leap forward and proclaim, this way to freedom of expression.
    There are seven separate glaze layers applied to this lamp.

    This lamp is derived from a photo that is attributed to the creative eye of Mark Muller.

    This dramatic puzzle background  becomes a roadmap for a scatter of woven of scorched horse tail hairs. They create the wiggly black lines .

    4 X 10 In.

  • Bow StringAccent lamp shown in full sun in three stages of rotation arranged in a triptych.

    Bow String

    $325.00

    A doodle, following a suggested musical clef, wanders all over this lamp. Ever look at the back of a high school notebook? The good ones are filled with doodles. These are a mental escape from all that dead air in the classroom. This doodle tableau becomes a roadmap for a scatter of woven of scorched horse tail hairs. They create the wiggly black lines .

    All of this is depicted against a fire cracker red. It’s transparent around the middle band and finished with a high gloss top layer. My wife says she’d pay someone to get it out of our house. But they’d have to fight me.

     

    4 X 10 In.

  • Face view of powder glazed accent lamp, flood lit.Accent lamp shown in full sun in three stages of rotation arranged in a triptych.

    Peeling Paint

    $325.00

    Shown amongst my other photos for this piece, is one by Ms. Camille Martin, TA based artist, poet, photographer. I discovered her work displayed by the “Peeling Paint Appreciation Society.” Like Alice in Wonderland down the rabbit hole, my imagination just tumbled into this image. I applied my typical guidelines; first simplify, then exaggerate. In my accent lamp glass media, the image has no edges. It just flows.

    Two colors encircle this accent lamp. The black is labeled “Illusion Midnight”. The orange is a 50/50 mix of “Cosmic Sassy” and “Spanish Fly”. The curved streaks are clear glass. The wiggly black lines are scorched horse tail hair.

    4 X 10 In.

  • Transposed view of powder glazed accent lamp, flood lit.Face view of powder glazed accent lamp, flood lit.

    Ginkgo-sun

    $325.00

    A white mist blankets a lake. You are gazing at it through a drapery of ginkgo leaves in fall colors of golden brown and yellows . The name of these colors: “Spanish Fly” and “Orange peel”. Beyond, a crimson sun streaked with clouds sets over a distant mountain range. Seven separate glaze colors are used to depict this setting. The composition simply emerged from working on several of my prior lamps.

    4 X 10 In.

  • Face view of powder glazed table lamp, flood lit.Table lamp shown in full sun in three stages of rotation arranged in a triptych.

    Splitting Particles

    $200.00

    There’s a technique developed in raku pottery where they create vibrant wriggles of black lines. They use horse tail hairs. Just what I need to depict nuclear fission where subatomic debris flies off in all directions. Sketched on a glossy, vivid blue and silver glazed surface, I’ve combined this technique with dry powder coating. On this table lamp, a composition of transparent circles is connected with random lines. Circles and patterns transpose on each other as the lamp is rotated.

    4 X 10 In.