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Posted by Laurie Salopek on 3/24/2008
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Blue Lady People Bead 01

Blue Lady People Bead 01

Sometimes the people prefer to rip the bead apart.
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Lady is Blue

Lady is Blue

Sometimes being lazy can pay off. I created this lady on a miniCC because I was too lazy to switch to my Lucio burner. I needed a large brown base and, since the miniCC flame was kind of small, the hollow became a bit wonkie - and the lady fit right in.

Someday I'll come up with better names.
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Metamorphosis II

Metamorphosis II

A couple of years ago I created a necklace for the ISGB (International Society of Glass Beadmakers) show 'Metamorphosis'. For 3 months I struggled to create beads for the necklace. Since the show was being held at the Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh, I was obsessed with being juried in. And I got in (Pod People Necklace #1). Going to see something you created displayed is such a setting is breathtaking and mind boggling. So, when the ISB announced the show 'Perspectives' for the GAS 2009 Conference in Corning, That obsession returned.

I created 'Metamorphosis II' and it was accepted.
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Middle Age People Bead

Middle Age People Bead

An expected form is boring. Not only in the repetition of steps, but also in its visage. I can modify the gesture. I can modify the choice of colors. And it will age into boredom.

But, the human form takes on a variety of shapes. In this bead, I wanted to show that even a not so perfect form can be beautiful despite the droopy breasts and protruding stomach.

None of use are perfect. And if we are, then some plastic surgeon is getting rich on our money.
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People Bead Necklace 05

People Bead Necklace 05

People Bead Necklace #5 is where I pushed the limits of detail in a small form. Each figure is under 3 inches in length. It is a good example of technical execution with little artistic value - for now. I do like the color set.

I did deviate in the direction of design by alternating the size of the spacer beads. Big deal, no wonder the Washington Bead Museum did not accept this necklace into their show (2008), but they could have at least sent me a 'thanks, but no thanks' letter. Why do bead museums do that? I donated people beads (nice ones) to both the bead museums in New Jersey and Arizona and never received a 'thank you' letter. Manner are so lost anymore.
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People Beads

People Beads

People Beads are my quest to resolve the interface between the bead form and the figure. There are a few ways I can do this: with color or with form. The color approach is easier since I can screw up the form and trick the eye into following the color. Case in point, beads 14,15,16 and 21 use color the unite the two forms.

Beads 2, 9, 10, 11 and 20 attempt to destroy the form of the bead as in suggesting the figure as an interactive quantity against it. While is some cases the figure appears to be born of the bead, in most cases there is an appearance of two individual ideas that may or may not reconcile depending on the viewer.
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Red Lady People Bead

Red Lady People Bead

I love the way glass can still look fluid even after it hardens. In the beads, I was able to capture how the figure interacts with the glass when it is hot.
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Some People Bead with No Name

Some People Bead with No Name

One characteristic of glass that fascinates me is how, because at high temp the glass is a liquid, you can capture that fluid moment in a flash and then let the piece solidify. Before I was more interested in destroying the form of the bead. Now, I am finding a curious journey in attempting to capture that moment when the figure interacts with the fluid glass bead base.
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 Artist:   Laurie Salopek  ( ) Contact Artist 
Laurie Salopek
I am one of 'those' people. The kind who toss their hair aside stick their nose in the air and proudly proclaim, "I am an artist." Then I snicker and laugh while adding I went to Carnegie-Melon University to study art and paid a lot of money just so I could do that! Truth be told, I didn't stay there. It cost way too much money just for a name that encourages sun gazing on a permenant bases, besides, that can blind you to the realities of life. So, in my reality I am a techno geek assuming the ediface of an artist in my spare time. And I am fortunate to earn enough money to amuse myself with the prentention that I earned it with my talent, artistic talent that is. I buy torches and concentrators but mostly I buy glass - all kinds and colors for entertainment. On weekends I fire up my torch, grab a handful of colors and proceed to create something, anything that I find challenging and interesting. Which leads me to one big problem - the artist's statement. I don't have one. Since my greatest interest involves the human figure and I am a fan of Michangelo, I did concock a version about working on my own interpretations of his prisoner series in glass. Melding the human figure into the glass is fun and interesting and, hopefully, this summer (2009) I'll be able to expand on some of my ideas. Oh yeah, the rhino - his name is Irving. Say hi the next time you drop by.

Laurie Salopek
Ambridge PA 15003 US
http://www.pinoakart.com


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