self portrait with my brother (butterfly brooch)
front
back
This sounds weird to say, but this piece is actually my first real live enameling piece. Don’t get me wrong…I’ve done lots of test tiles and playing around, but I’ve never made anything significant that involved enamel. (which is funny, since I’m teaching enameling this semester…)
This piece has an interplay between phallic and feminine forms throughout—-side to side and front to back. The larger copper forms were conceived through sketching from images of cell division (I’ve been particularly interested in diagrams of cell division lately). I’m the blue form (phallic) and my brother is the green form (breasts). The overall shape of the butterfly is a symbol of both femininity and homosexuality.
This is really beautiful! I cant believe it is your first enamelled piece…Its gorgeous!
lynette said this on March 21st, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Thank you! I made a few enameled tiles for a wall piece years ago, but this is definitely the first thing I’ve done that has felt finished to me. And it is certainly my first dimensional enameled piece. I hope to do more soon…I love the enamel on the more 3D surface.
borderlinebarbie said this on March 24th, 2008 at 10:08 pm