A free Glass Art Gallery and Forum
161,596 Glass Art Pictures · 3,391 Glass Artists
Glass Art » Jupiter's Gallery
Kalo

Kalo

Posted by Jupiter Nielsen on 12/19/2005
Kalo or Taro was the staple food crop of Hawaii and many other indeginous cultures.

I've been working on this one for a long while now, Finally came up with a base that accents the kalo. I took a class on glass casting and the base was the result of my first project. The leaves are a mix of clear boro, moss, forrest green and have been sandblasted, the corm is aurora powder over clear boro and the base is made from cast bullseye glass.
Digg     Delicious     StumbleUpon    

Images
kalo 4 .JPG
500 x 671 px  (51 KB)
0 Comments
kalo.JPG
500 x 714 px  (51 KB)
0 Comments
kalo 1 .JPG
400 x 738 px  (44 KB)
0 Comments
kalo 2 .JPG
600 x 682 px  (52 KB)
0 Comments
kalo 3 .JPG
666 x 720 px  (63 KB)
0 Comments
kalo Colocasia
444 x 666 px  (106 KB)
0 Comments
kalo 6 .JPG
555 x 416 px  (91 KB)
0 Comments
kalo loi
555 x 370 px  (89 KB)
0 Comments
Back to Parent Page: Jupiter's Gallery




 Artist:   Jupiter Nielsen  Contact Artist 
Jupiter Nielsen
Jupiter Nielsen
Maui HI  
http://jupiternielsenflameworking.com/


Comments
  • Andrew Brown
    		 nice
    Andrew Brown: nice piece....i like the sandblasted accents..
    12/19/2005 6:53 PM
  • Erik Anders
    		 ///
    Erik Anders: thats really nice Jupiter! inspiring. now i want to know how to cast.
    12/19/2005 9:28 PM
  • Jupiter Nielsen
    		 thanks guys!
    Jupiter Nielsen: sand blasting was tedious or more like the masking, drawing and cutting was. The cast glass part really wasnt that complicated Erik, but was very time consuming. That thing spent 63 hours in the kiln ramping up fusing and ramping down! Gives it nice bulk though. Thanks again I really value your guys opinions. Aloha Jup
    12/19/2005 9:40 PM
  • Ro S Glass World
    		 looks so real
    Ro S Glass World: it looks so real i thought it was a plant until i opened the pic, great job!
    ro
    12/20/2005 8:03 AM
  • Flamethrower
    		 likey
    Flamethrower: thats ingenious Jup, a little mixture, the leaves look cool
    12/20/2005 9:38 AM
  • Eugene Rain
    		 wow
    Eugene Rain: You're off the hook!

    Misha
    12/20/2005 3:27 PM
  • John Lindquist-Maui Greenstone
    		 nice
    John Lindquist-Maui Greenstone: great job incorporating the two techs. I love how it turned out. You should keep pushing yourself on the plant theme they are coming out really clean and it's something different from your norm.

    -John-
    12/23/2005 7:22 PM
 Would you like to post a comment on this gallery page?
» In order to post comments you need to Sign Up for an Account.
» If you already have an Account, you can Sign in. to post a comment.



Browse by Category
-Suggest a Category-



GlassArtists.org is a free professional and social networking community for Glass Art. Show off your work, promote your business, and grow your online presence.

(Sign in or Register to see the Chat)