Saturday, April 30, 2011

PROPOSAL CVAG Wearable Art Show 2011

Hecate Queen of the Night

HECATE—Greek Star Goddess manifests moon magic and witchcraft.

Hesiod ancient Greek poet described her thus:

Hecate whom Zeus honours above all—he gave her splendid gifts: a share of earth and the unfruitful sea. Praised in the starry heavens, Hecate is honoured exceedingly by the deathless gods. Power, is surely with her!

Here she appears as an OWL—Guide to the Underworld.

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Hecate is the queen of the night and ringleader of the three witches from MACBETH. She is perverse, proud, regal, wicked, willful, wild, fierce, sharp, strong, bold, determined, domineering, strident, superior, confident, revengeful, vicious, indignant, demanding, commanding, condescending, fearless, forthright, malicious, and a reclusive but omnipresent force with witch to be reckoned. Hecate stridently dwells on the wrong side of the nest and vehemently clamours her descent in contrary couplets.

Thursday, April 28, 2011

HECATE: THE OWL CONCEPT

OWL CONCEPT: Throughout MACBETH, Shakespeare repeatedly makes references to birds and specifically the raven and owl, which was the ingenious character concept idea behind this costume which was commissioned by and for Director Sue Raley’s 2011 La Costa Canyon production of MACBETH.

HECATE'S MONOLOGUE AS SHE ADDRESSES HER WITCHES

Have I not reason, beldams as you are,
Saucy and overbold? How did you dare
To trade and traffic with Macbeth
In riddles and affairs of death;
And I, the mistress of your charms,
The close contriver of all harms,
Was never called to bear my part
Or show the glory of our art?

And, which is worse, all you have done
Hath been but for a wayward son,
Spiteful and wrathful, who, as others do,
Loves for his own ends, not for you.

But make amends now: get you gone
And at the pit of Acheron
Meet me i'th'morning. Thither he
Will come to know his destiny.
Your vessels and your spells provide,
Your charms and everything beside.

I am for th' air. This night I'll spend
Unto a dismal and a fatal end.
Great business must be wrought ere noon.
Upon the corner of the moon
There hangs a vap'rous drop profound;
I'll cath it ere it come to ground:
And that, distilled by magic sleights,
Shall raise such artificial sprites
As by the strength of their illusion
Shall draw him on to his confusion.
He shall spurn fate, scorn death, and bear
His hopes 'bove wisdom, grace, and fear:
And you all know security
Is mortals' chiefest enemy.

Hark! I am called. My little spirit, see,
Sits in a foggy cloud and stays for me.

HECATE: BEAK WING FEET









Friday, April 22, 2011

MANDALA PAPER DOODLES


Artist: Kari Glass
Title: SEA URCHIN MANDALA
Medium: ink on scratch paper
Dimensions: 2" x 2"

Artist: Kari Glass
Title: DIVE TO THE HEART OF THE SKY
Medium: ink on scratch paper
Dimensions: 6" x 5"


Artist: Kari Glass
Title: CLIMB THROUGH THE MIND OF THE SEA
Medium: ink on scratch paper
Dimensions: 5" x 5"

PAPER PAINT SWATCH MOSAICS: April 2011

Artist: Kari Glass
Title: VERTICAL MIXING: where the tide meets the wind
Medium: paint swatch mosaic
Dimensions: 19" x 10.5"

Artist: Kari Glass
Title: BY THE PULL OF THE MOON
Medium: paint swatch mosaic
Dimensions: 19" x 10.5"

Artist: Kari Glass
Title: SALMONDAE AGAINST ALL ODDS
Medium: paint swatch mosaic
Dimensions: 19" x 10.5"

Artist: Kari Glass
Title: DONG FENG JIE DONG: east wind thaw
Medium: paint swatch mosaic
Dimensions: 19" x 10.5"

Artist: Kari Glass
Title: IF THE SEAS CATCH FIRE
Medium: paint swatch mosaic
Dimensions: 18" x 14"

PAINT SWATCH DOODLE PROJECT









Artist: Kari Glass
Title: ANC MOON PEACE SERIES: 16 APRIL 2011
Medium: mixed media
Dimensions: 3.25" x 5"

Sunday, April 17, 2011

ARCTIC ZODIAK SERIES: 3D found object

DALL SHEEP
Artist: Kari Glass
Title: Dall Sheep Mandala
Medium: papier mache and found object
Dimensions:


SNOWSHOE HARE

Artist: Joan Stone
Title: Snowshoe Hare
Medium: found object
Dimensions: