Continuing
I decided to continue both with the Gift Heart project and with writing on this Blog. I am now thinking about placing one of these hearts...
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NoraGem Journal & Blog
Research
- May 28
- 1 min
X. District
This place was important for me to visit because my father had been laying in this hospital for some time. I am hoping the figure will...
- May 4
- 1 min
Underground
I went a few days ago underground and placed a few figures where I could. I believe it has a different meaning placed here. It might get...
- Apr 26
- 1 min
Experimenting
I tried a different color grout one week ago. I aimed to make a natural clay color grout. I prefer the warm colors better compared to the...
- Apr 26
- 1 min
On the Streets
I went to a different part of the city and placed some mosaic figures on the stone railings. The colors of the city are so different...
- Apr 9
- 2 min
Repetitious hours
I have now made myself a routine of making these objects over and over again. I am lucky because each time I can change something small...
- Mar 26
- 1 min
Experimenting
Yesterday I have experimented with coloring the grout to color green when I put the material as a finish on the mosaic figures. I prefer...
- Mar 7
- 1 min
In the making
While I am continuing to make these small mosaic figures I am contemplating on coloring the grout maybe to different colors and seeing...
- Jan 8
- 1 min
Letter from a receiver of the "Gift"
The letter said: "Hi! Apparently, I am someone's special person! I feel blessed and lucky and I wish everyone this type of happiness at...
- Dec 4, 2022
- 1 min
Letter from a receiver of the "Gift"
I have received an email from somebody that has collected the heart figure I left on the street as part of my "Gift giving" experiment....
- Nov 27, 2022
- 2 min
Outside 3.
When I was painting in the studio or organizing an exhibition or talking with people in the studio it was a very different setting. I was...
- Nov 27, 2022
- 1 min
Outside 2.
There was an interesting finding during this research project experiment. This heart figure, after leaving it on the brick wall was...
- Nov 27, 2022
- 2 min
Outside 1.
This heart mosaic figure was sitting on a bench on a street where people usually take their dogs for a walk. On the back of the figures,...
- Nov 27, 2022
- 1 min
The process of making "The Gift" IV.
The last part of the process took much more time than I expected. The reason behind this was that my heart figures made out of clay were...
- Nov 27, 2022
- 1 min
Process of making "The Gift" III.
I cut the glass pieces cut into smaller shapes with the help of two equipments. One was used to draw a line where I want to make the cut...
- Nov 23, 2022
- 1 min
Process of making "The Gift" II.
After the clay has dried, I took the glass leftovers which I collected earlier and then started to cut the colors selected to make...
- Nov 20, 2022
- 1 min
Smaller pieces
I have collected pieces of colored glass waste, and now I am working on breaking the glass even to smaller pieces so they can fit on the...
- Nov 6, 2022
- 1 min
Process of making "The Gift" I.
Red pieces of glass were collected and broken into smaller pieces. When forming many clay heart shapes for the project experiment, I was...
- Oct 18, 2022
- 1 min
Tutorial Note
Today (October 18, 2022) I had a conversation with Janet regarding my research paper. There are many things to rewrite and investigate...
- Sep 17, 2022
- 1 min
Ceramic parts on the table
I was thinking about the different pieces to use for the clay heart figures I have formed. I would like to recycle these old broken...
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