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Paula Sinclair

Elemental

Father Earth

Enamel on copper

 

Artists Statement

Few artists’ media rely as closely on the elements as enameling; The vitreous enamel, a form of glass, starts as quartz and lime sand.  With the addition of certain metal salts colored glass is created.  In this piece it is copper for the blue-greens and iron for the browns.  Some of the rosy gold of the pure copper substrate is preserved and a collection of glass beads and charms added to depict “Father Earth.”

 

Artist Bio

In a little hotplate on the kitchen table at age 12, Paula Sinclair learned to fuse glass to copper. Self-taught and matured, she now designs statement necklaces. With transparent and opaque vitreous enamels fired at 1500° F. or more into a gooey orange-hot mass, she surrenders to the unexpectedness of the heat effects. Her transparent enamels make light play through to the copper like stained glass. Paula Sinclair continues to practice law, living primarily in Twin Falls and often “vacationing” in downtown Boise. Her work can be seen at Full Moon Gallery in Twin Falls.

 

Contact Info

p.b.sinclair@outlook.com

Instagram @glassglow.studios

 

 

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