What Happened to the Road Gravel and Crash Glass?
If you’ve read my previous blog, Return to the Nursery, you might be wondering what happened to the asphalt gravel, small stones, and crash glass that I swept up and sorted in the summer. Here’s one answer:
Field of Eggs
31″ x 37″ x 3″
Copyright by Lynn Bridge
About half the crash glass and half the asphalt-covered gravel are in this piece, along with most of the small stones AND larger stones that I picked up locally.
Since I made the piece, Life on the Edge, and wrote about it, I’ve been thinking how much it looked like fried eggs with white yolks. I decided to just go ahead and make a fried egg mosaic and get it out of my system!
Was I ever surprised when I opened up my new National Geographic this month and saw a photo of a place that looks a lot like what was in my mind while I was making these pieces of art. Click on pools of water and when the site pops up, look for the photo of the Fraser Island peat bog and pools of water- 5th photo in the slide show. Do you agree that my mosaics resemble this natural arrangement?
Field of Eggs- detail
Photo copyright by Lynn Bridge
This time, instead of using my mom’s ceramic pieces, I used local rocks that I picked up.
Field of Eggs– detail
Photo copyright by Lynn Bridge
Are you thinking of Green Eggs and Ham?
Lynn…you never cease to amaze me with your work…what wit, humor and imagination this piece shows. I love it, and I wish I could see it in person!
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CM, you are awfully kind to me! Next year’s SAMA conference is right here in Austin in February, so if you’re planning on coming down for it, I’ll see you then.
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Lynne, this is an amazing piece!!! I wish I could “inspect” it in person! Wonderful!!
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Hi, Susan. Thanks for the encouragement! I must say that close inspection of this piece can leave you with small scars. Art is dangerous.
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs comes to mind…
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You are RIGHT! I wonder if that was in the back of my mind when I made the piece?
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