Miro: Sign-like Forms and an Overall Rhythm

Working at the torch on a technique, I find variations in the inspiration source. It can be a slight variation or it feels completely different than the inspiration. The beads I'm holding in my hand are completely different from what I intended but I liked the variation and went with it. They had a particular feel to them and I've spent this week taking you on my trip to discover to which art movement they belong. I've landed on surrealism.

Surrealism always felt strange rather than metaphorical. And I thought of Dali not someone like Miro. But Miro's style is what I'm reminded of when I look at the new beads. Nancy Doyle describes Miro's painting style: "In 1923, there was a big change in Miro's art, moving toward more sign-like forms (i.e., like hieroglyphs), geometric shapes and an overall rhythm".

The Carnival of Harlequin which is hanging at my local Albright Knox Art Museum, is a good example of the metaphorical use of shapes and rhythm.



That describes what I see exactly in my beads - sign like forms, geometric shapes and an overall rhythm.

Tomorrow we'll end our journey with the debut of the new bead series.

Surreal or Dada?

Remember this picture I took and showed you a couple of days ago of Art Alive at the Albright Knox Art Museum?



Well, I went into the studio yesterday and made a bead with a blue and brown color palette kind of like the above painting. It's a painting by Joan Miro but I don't know which one.

Is Miro Dada in style or is he a Surrealist?

I'm digressing...I created a bead that I like quite alot but it's Miro in flavor. So I'd like to know if I'm creating a Surrealist bead or a Dada bead.

I've got one more incarnation to make before I debut the series. Stay tuned....

Not Enough Hours and Free Bead winners

There aren't going to be enough hours in the day for me to get everything done I want to! So this is a quick fly by post because the kiln is warm and I have to dip some mandrels before I can melt some glass into beads and glass links today.

The winner for Wednesday's eye bead set is Katie! Congratulations, Katie! Send me your snail mail by clicking on my profile to get my email address.

Today, I'll be thinking Miro - but won't tell you why until tomorrow when I finish up Inspiration Week!



Pretty intense look on his face, huh? Looks like he doesn't have enough time in the day either!

(Photo Courtesy of Wikipedia.)