Transtions

This morning we got our first brief of the year. I have to admit I was dreading it a bit as I knew it was going to be casting orientated and that's just not something that has ever appealed to me. Although after reading it I'm feeling rather excited!

We have each been given 1kg of solid colour and 3kg of clear Gaffer lead crystal glass and using only this we must produce six identically shaped cast glass elements (which together must fit into a 40cm2 frame). Through them we must show a gradual change of colour saturation. They're also to be 'showcase' pieces so how we finish them and choose to display them will be very important.

Gaffer colour lead crystal. That's my lime green, I think!

I chose the lime green but the full selection included black, emerald, copper blue, amber and a really pretty pale blue which looked lavender depending upon the light. Exploring colour theory during this project is going to be very interesting as whilst lime green was my favourite colour ten years ago it doesn't appeal to me any more and it's not what I'd call aesthetically pleasing, yet for some bizarre reason I picked it up straight away and was super drawn to it.

At the moment I have some vague ideas floating around but I've not starting exploring anything in any depth. I'm pretty happy about this right now. Good start.