Created as part of the “We Step Into The Light” art exhibit, I had the honor of meeting and mosaicing, Korlah. I brought a list of questions, that I thought might be a good springboard for getting to know her better. The questions ranged from simply, “what is your favorite color” to questions like, “what brings you peace”. Not sure how open Korlah would be to sharing these intimate parts of her life, I was blown away by the insightful and inspiring answers she responded with. Immediately I felt connected with her and knew that my biggest challenge was going to be trying to capture Korlah in just a single piece!
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Meet Korlah pt 1
Created as part of the “We Step Into The Light” art exhibit, I had the honor of meeting and mosaicing, Korlah. I brought a list of questions, that I thought might be a good springboard for getting to know her better. The questions ranged from simply, “what is your favorite color” to questions like, “what brings you peace”. Not sure how open Korlah would be to sharing these intimate parts of her life, I was blown away by the insightful and inspiring answers she responded with. Immediately I felt connected with her and knew that my biggest challenge was going to be trying to capture Korlah in just a single piece!
To create “Korlah” I knew I would use her favorite colors, but I wanted to hand paint bisque tiles so that I could create natural variation and shading within each color. I also hand sculpted many different images that corresponded with various aspects of her life and dreams. I like to use images like this in unexpected ways, to elaborate on her story. Once all sculpting, glazing, and firings, were complete I was ready to mosaic!
