Cyanotype with Metal

Thea Clark, Headstones brooch, 2009- oxidized silver, cyanotype on silk, cotton floss

The cyanotype I made last spring has been hanging in my studio for a while. Parts of it are leaning this direction and that, one bit finally made it into a new piece. Cyanotype is a photographic printing process that gives a cyan-blue print. My light source was the sun, the image was in negative on acetate. I will probably go toward a UV light system, since my sun light isn't reliable.

Perspectives: New Jersey Metal Arts Guild Exhibition

Thea Clark, "Domestic Inclusions #2", 2009, felt, cotton, pearl, pvc, steel, paint, silver, mica

photo by Larry Sanders

We set up the show "Perspectives" today at New Jersey City University. Participating artists:

Stevie B, Ed Brickman, Thea Clark, Jennifer Crupi, Joan Cummings, Jill Baker Gower,

Robin Hepburn, Amy Roper Lyons, Ken MacBain, Miranda Lark Maher, Gayle Mahoney,

Tabitha L Mitchell, Jennifer Jordan Park and Susan Kasson Sloan.

Exhibition Dates: Monday, November 16–Friday, December 18, 2009.

Opening Reception: Monday, November 16, 2009, 6-8 p.m.

Juror: Ulysses Grant Dietz, Curator, Decorative Arts Department, and Senior Curator, The Newark Museum.

Location: Gilligan Student Union Gallery, New Jersey City University, 2039 Kennedy Blvd.,

http://www.njcu.edu/dept/art/galleries/

New Workshop

I am teaching an enameling workshop, in Maplewood NJ. November 22.

I taught enameling all summer. It was wonderful to get back to. The jewelry I sold through American Craft Council shows in the 1990's was made from silver and enamel, part of an ongoing obsession with color. When I moved to New Jersey, started my family and teaching, I went into a minimal oxidized silver and gold period. Felting really got me back into the joy of color. So now without the pressure of designing for a line of jewelry, I have slowly started incorporating enamel again. This summer, presented the perfect opportunity to really play.

It is a satisfying class to teach, because ultimately is a forgiving yet inspiring medium.