Another view "Through the Looking Glass" -

"Through the Looking Glass, Installation View II"
stacked found glass sculpture by Mick Mather

As promised, another view of the stacked found glass tree along with the exhibition statement:

"This tree is constructed of stacked sheets of found glass installed against a mirror so the whole is only visible as a reflection of itself. The round, hollow feature midway between the bottom and top is the conceptual ornament composed of empty space. Look into the ornament and see your own reflection. The viewer is now the ornament."

Everson Unwrapped - December 5-14, 2008

"Through the Looking Glass, Installation View I"
stacked found glass sculpture by Mick Mather

As promised, here's an installation view of the glass tree I have on exhibit at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York. The piece is for sale at $500 with all of the money donated to the Everson Museum for this annual holiday fundraiser. This is a bargain price, I can assure you, and if the piece should come back to me there will definitely be a mark-up somewhere between 50% and 100%. More details after this event closes on December 14th. I'll add another view tomorrow along with the exhibition statement ... please stand by! :)

Installation day -

"Everson Unwrapped Tree, Under Construction"
stacked glass sculpture by Mick Mather

Today's post is one of the documentation photographs taken while I was creating this piece for the Everson Unwrapped event that opens on Thursday, December 4th. The piece is just about 25" tall - go here for complete information - and I'll be installing this very, very soon. When I have the final documentation photographs of the finished installation I'll be sharing it right here.

Commission accomplished -

"Through the Looking Glass"
digitally manipulated drawing, post proposal study by Mick Mather

My proposal for a conceptual art piece to be displayed in the Everson Unwrapped event at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York made the final cut this week and I'll soon be busy creating two trees, if possible. I thought you all might be interested to see how that part of the process is accomplished and below is the actual proposal submitted:

• stacked sheets of found glass in the shape of half a tree
• installed against a mirror so the whole tree is revealed as a reflection of itself
• a round hollow feature midway between bottom and top is the single ornament composed of empty space
• when you bend to look into the ornament, you see your own reflection (the viewer is now the ornament)
  

A rough sketch was added, a nod to Lewis Carroll for the title and, voila! Another proposal completed and submitted.