Assignment

Read through this article and type a response to it on this blog post.

"Why am I taking this picture?

*Why is it important to know what you are thinking about when you are taking pictures?
*Do different thoughts during photo capturing yield different results?

Bibelot Project at SID - February 2012

The term bibelot [bib-loh; Fr. beeb^uh-loh] is a French word meaning: a small object of curiosity, beauty, or rarity.

This Bibelot project is for the Southern Illinois District LCMS convention this February. Bibelots are a witnessing tools that we Liturgical artist from Concordia University Seward have been design polishing for several years. Each of these Bibelots will
have a business card accompanying it explaining how to witness with this tool.


The Bibelot can remind you of several things about Christ.

The circle could remind you of money - Christ paid a price for your freedom from sin

The rough feel could remind you of dirt - Christ walked on this same dirt you and I do. From dust you were formed, from dust you shall return. God formed man from the ground.

The finger print could remind you that you are touched by God. The finger print could remind you that you are different than every other human, that God made you HIS way, special, unique, an individual

The underneath side you can see that the piece was held in a hand to make it, this hand texture could remind you that God holds you in the palm of his hand, God will comfort you by holding you, He comforts you by keeping you close to him.

The dark red could remind you that Christ's blood was shed for your freedom

The butterfly could remind you of the new life that you have through Christ

The cross within the butterfly could remind you that Christ died on the Cross for your freedom

The Sandhills at Christmas

Beautiful Sandhills Nebraska Pictures

These pictures were taken in North Western Nebraska about 200 miles West of Valentine.

Bibelot Project - SID Convention - Feb 2012

This Bibelot project is for the Southern Illinois District LCMS convention this February. Bibelots are a witnessing tools that we Liturgical artist from Concordia University Seward have been design polishing for several years. Each of these Bibelots will have a business card accompanying it explaining how to witness with this tool. The Bibelot can remind you of several things about Christ.

The circle could remind you of money - Christ paid a price for your freedom from sin
The rough texture could remind you of dirt - Christ walked on this same dirt you and I do
The finger print could remind you that you are touched by God
The finger print could remind you that you are different than every other human, that God
made you HIS way
The underneath side you can see that the piece was held in a hand to make it, this texture could
remind you that God holds you in the palm of his hand, God will comfort you by hold you,
God will comfort you by keeping you close to him.
The dark red could remind you that Christ's blood was shed for your freedom
The butterfly could remind you of the new life that you have through Christ
The cross within the butterfly could remind you that Christ died on the Cross for your freedom

To see some finished Bibelots, stay tuned-in and I will post some additional images when they come available.

This stuff is pretty interesting. I think I should start moving into the whole casting and molding processes. They Can become pretty unique forms that can be reproduced fairly often

Here is an artist that takes this stuff to a new level.

Hiroe Hanazono

Michael Strand Strikes again!

Michael Strand, one of my esteemed colleges and prior Art professors has done it again. Changing the world through the use of Art! Check out his posts on his blog. Makes you think......

Michael Strand made cups for the whole town of Dwight Nebraska. He quietly delivered them to each house and placed them on the door steps for the residents to quietly discover. What an awesome project!

Thanks Mike for sharing Art with the world!


Dwight Nebraska Cuplomacy

Problem solved.

I have always been interested in Jackson Pollocks style of laying paint on the canvas. Although this is nothing at all similar to the quality of work Mr. Pollock, I did enjoy the process of letting the paint create the image. It was an enjoyable feeling of letting the paint do the work.

Hum....What next?!?!?!?!??

This is a 4'x6' canvas painted with a tan-ish base coat. Now what to do next...?

New Glaze Trial

Blue-Green / Copper Red Glaze

This is a Cone 6 Oxidation or Reduction Glaze, I am trying it in an electric kiln. Here is the mix:

Talc...................................3.3%
Whiting..........................14.29%
Ferro Frit 3134 ............13.33%
Kona F-4 Feldspar.......46.16%
EPK...................................6.4%
Silica................................16.52%
---------------------------------
......................................100%

Add
Tin Oxide......................2.4%
Zinc Oxide....................4.37%
Black Copper Oxide....1.07%

I am using the following firing schedule for this firing

Kiln Firing Type - #6

Sequence.......Rate......Temp.....Hold
1......................100........220.........0
2......................350........2000......0
3......................108........2190.......15
4......................125.........1500......0
Natural Cool from 1500

I'll let you know what results it yields.

New Glaze recipes

I have been looking around and decided to start working on some Cone 6 glazes. I am going to start messing with the following glazes right now

Post 244
EPK 28.7 %
FRIT 3110 21.5
Dolomite 16.9
Talc 2.9
Flint (Silica) 30

Post 244 - Instructions I will follow: Medium glazing thickness, I made the glaze thin enough that it runs off of my fingers as I remove them from the mixture. The key is to see the color of you skin at about 3 seconds after removing your hands from the liquid glaze. I will fire this glaze to Cone 6 and slow cool the firing by -125oF per hour from 2190oF to 1500oF and then turn the kiln off and let it cool naturally. It should give me a nice glossy wine red color.

We will see what happens.