I stretch it, paint it, fold it, going to the limits of its strength, fragility and transparency. It often leaves me in desperation because of its fragility.
It leaves me breathless with the feeling of happiness to see its fragile intensity.
An ancient stone wall with new tiles in a small street in a village just some hundreds of meters above the lake (Lago Maggiore). The Village is called Pieggio and is a 'frazione' of Oggebbio (Verbania). Met dank aan Marco!
"The Fresh Breeze of Your Words" (Waaiers / Ventagli / Abanicos - porcelain, silver, gold, silk thread, wax) has been selected for the Concurso Internacional de Cerámica de l'Alcora in exhibition in the Museo de Cerámica de L'Alcora (near Valencia - Spain)) fromJuly 10th until September 7th, 2008
more cups, the new ones have a different glaze; again an alkaline one, it gives such terrific shades of blue and turquoise. the cup at the left (with a glaze born from an error... which liked a lot) has a rough stone like surface, while the cup at the right has a soft velvet shine.