Jenny completed a personality quiz a while back (can't remember which one), and was typed as a visual mathematician. As you could imagination, a visual mathematician would be adept at spotting patterns (but not necessarily be a math wizard). I like to think that every artist must have some visual mathematician in them somewhere.
Jenny has gone to a few stained-glass workshops organized with friends and has created some beautiful pieces. This tree frog is only her third creation, and is my favourite. It is her own original design and I think it is brilliant -- the frog is sitting on a branch set against the sky with his (her?) fingers extending into the leaves, and the fanning and enlarging of the leaves towards the lower left makes it seem like the image comes out towards you, really giving a sense of depth. Jenny gave it to her sister as a wedding present, so her new project is to make a stained glass piece for our condo.
I also made this as a gift for Sandy and Jeff's wedding while I was on a shift down in Mexico. The sculpture is made from African Kisii stone (bought in Edmonton), and mounted on a slab of barite that I collected from the exploration project in Mexico. Barite is special to Sandy's heart because she earned her PhD by studying barite-precipitating springs. I often worked as her field assistant, so there will likely be a future post about us flying around the Canadian north in helicopters. This also means Jenny and I have no shame in expecting some original artwork from family and friends as wedding gifts.
Jenny has gone to a few stained-glass workshops organized with friends and has created some beautiful pieces. This tree frog is only her third creation, and is my favourite. It is her own original design and I think it is brilliant -- the frog is sitting on a branch set against the sky with his (her?) fingers extending into the leaves, and the fanning and enlarging of the leaves towards the lower left makes it seem like the image comes out towards you, really giving a sense of depth. Jenny gave it to her sister as a wedding present, so her new project is to make a stained glass piece for our condo.
I also made this as a gift for Sandy and Jeff's wedding while I was on a shift down in Mexico. The sculpture is made from African Kisii stone (bought in Edmonton), and mounted on a slab of barite that I collected from the exploration project in Mexico. Barite is special to Sandy's heart because she earned her PhD by studying barite-precipitating springs. I often worked as her field assistant, so there will likely be a future post about us flying around the Canadian north in helicopters. This also means Jenny and I have no shame in expecting some original artwork from family and friends as wedding gifts.
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