Bronze

Beaux Arts Fair turned out pretty good. Bronze pieces really found a lot of new homes! It's such a beautiful metal, and so easy to price reasonably. It surprisingly looks terrific with the ever popular turquoise, and it's just fun to tell peoples that I made this!

Sunday was beautiful, finally. We were set up on the plaza of the Figge Art Museum in downtown Davenport. An absolutely wonderful building, and has a terrific gift shop. Even with all the art in front of it, I could enjoy what they had as being beautiful and different. Unfortunately, we didn't have time to tour the exhibits. Next year I will.

I have some photos of bronze pieces after firing, and before/after polishing.

The dancers at top and another piece just didn't have enough color after polishing. I tried the green patina solution from Rio Grande. Directions say to warm the bronze while drying...so I stuck them in the oven for a few minutes. YES, it was green...TOO green. And natch, the underlying bronze was much darker...not what I was after. These are now in the kiln for a second try at color in charcoal.

I didn't get a photo added last post for the booth in Iowa City:

The round table in the back is the janitor-provided table I talked about last time...doesn't look too bad.

This weekend I start the weekly Downtown Bloomington Farmers Market. My booth is on Center Street, facing the courthouse at the intersection of Jefferson St. 2nd best placement, in my opinion. The best would be my old spot on Jefferson...Hah. 7:30am to 12Noon . Weather should be good for a change!

Martha