Magic Carpet Series

I love the challenges involved in producing this series.

                                                900 x 600mm, rendered foamboard substrate.
                                                              

                                               900 x 600mm, rendered foamboard substrate


Creating this series gives me the opprttunity to use many different techniques and skills:

• Cutting skills - I use my Taurus Ring  Saw to make some of the intricate internal cuts and spirals
•  Reverse Painting - I paint an image or design on the reverse side of the glass
• Gold and Silver leaf applied to the reverse side
• Millefiore - tiny glass rounds in an infinite variety of patterns
• Bevels, Glass Nuggets and Crystals
• Photos under glass - can be included to personalise the piece
• Plus all the ones I haven't thought of yet!

Some examples of these:

                                                         Reverse Painted Bevel

                                                                    Intricate Cut

                                                           Gold and Silver Leaf

                                                       Millefiori as Flower centre


Arriving at a pleasing balance of not only the colours but also the textures and shapes sometimes proves very challenging, but the piece always ends up telling me which way it wants to develop!

Each is an original. I don't think I could produce two the same even if I wanted to!

Magic Carpet pieces are three sizes (in millimetres):

1. 1200 x 600
2. 900 x 600
3. 600 x 600

                                                      600 x 600mm, MDF substrate


The substrate for the smallest one is MDF and the others are on rendered foamboard with an aluminium frame. The latter can be displayed in a protected outdoor situation.