February 20, 2009

What a Big Happiness



My happy big lady is finished. I feel as if she is really dancing in front of my eyes.

For the contour of her body I used black glass cut randomly and then glues in a way so it looks like brush strokes of ink. Initially I thought to make the body only white but then changed my mind and added the yellow shadows. I felt she was more alive like that.

The background is marble. I felt I needed to use a totally different material than her body so she will not be a part of the background. She will be a separate entity floating despite her volume. the heavy feeling of the marble makes her even lighter.

She make me happy.

7 comments:

  1. She makes me happy too, Irit! I think her hands express her joy the best - you did a fantastic job with them.

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  2. I love this one, Irit. I think it's so cool you got the idea half asleep. I have some of those written in my old, old journals. Perhaps I should revisit them!

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  3. Irit!!!
    I love this....& all your work (as you know).
    Wonderful blog....I'll be following it.
    Thanks for being such an inspiration!

    Thought of you & this work when I saw this call to artists....maybe it's a fit?
    http://www.dreammosaics.com/Dream_Art_Show.htm
    Gila

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  4. This is fantastic Irit! I love how joyful she seems to be. This piece challenges the way we look at body image (for me anyway). The black outline looks like brushstrokes.

    Eve

    http://krakenmosaics.etsy.com
    http://krakenmosaics.com

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  5. Thank you everyone for your lovely comments.
    I am currently working on another lady, or should I say, the same lady in a slightly different pose. But it will take a while until I can show it. I am working currently on many projects simultaneously.

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