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Fortune and the Wood Cutter, glass removed, porcelain figure, 2009
These images of porcelain figures, all about 7 to 8 inches high, are taken with the stained glass covers removed to show the figures. As the last images show, the glass pieces became very complex and included LED lighting.
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The Sparrow’ Gift, glass removed, porcelain figure, 2009
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The King’s Ears, glass removed, porcelain figure, 2009
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The Old Alchemist, glass removed, porcelain figure, 2009
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The Magic Towel, glass removed, porcelain figure, 2009
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The Annunciation, glass removed, porcelain figure, 2008
Reliquary Series: The Annunciation
Dimensions: 32 5/8” h. x 8” x 8”
Weight: 22 pounds
The Annunciation is a major theme in Christian art history. The Robert Campin altarpiece painting is a favorite of this artist and it is filled with disguised symbolism, for example, the lilies symbolize Mary’s virginity, the hanging water pot and white towel her purity as a vessel for Christ and Joseph building a mousetrap which uses Christ as the bait to catch Satan. Numbers, ivy, and crosses are also symbols in this stained glass and porcelain piece. (See: Signs and Symbols in Christian Art by George Ferguson, Oxford University Press, New York, 1959.)
Dimensions: 32 5/8” h. x 8” x 8”
Weight: 22 pounds
The Annunciation is a major theme in Christian art history. The Robert Campin altarpiece painting is a favorite of this artist and it is filled with disguised symbolism, for example, the lilies symbolize Mary’s virginity, the hanging water pot and white towel her purity as a vessel for Christ and Joseph building a mousetrap which uses Christ as the bait to catch Satan. Numbers, ivy, and crosses are also symbols in this stained glass and porcelain piece. (See: Signs and Symbols in Christian Art by George Ferguson, Oxford University Press, New York, 1959.)
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Gabriel & Wise Men, glass removed, porcelain figure, 2008
This is the top part to The Annunciation seen above, with the glass removed.
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The Magic Forest, detail, porcelain figure, 2010
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The Man Who Made Withered Trees Flower, 32 ¼” h., stained glass, porcelain, 2009.
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The Man Who Made Withered Trees Flower, detail, outer glass removed
This is the above piece with the outer glass removed.
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The Simple Grass Cutter, 32 ¼” h., stained glass/porcelain, 2010
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The King and the Ghoul, 32 ¼” h., stained glass/porcelain, 2010
In 2010 I stopped making these pieces. I would spend three to four months working full-time on one piece and I could not develop a market for them. They were too expensive, $3000.-$7,000, each and most people had never heard of Elder Tales and had no idea of the significance of the symbolism in such simple stories.