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 Detail showing Ariel in the clouds |
Inspired by William Shakespeare's play 'The Tempest', this piece was a result of an invitation to create a bead for the Tempest International Bead Exhibition, on show during the International Festival of Glass 2008, in Stourbridge, UK. This invitation came at a time when Rachel was concentrating on kiln fired painting onto glass and as the exhibition allowed for any glass technique to be utilised, she designed a bead constructed from painted flat glass, that could be soldered together to form a sphere. The design used 60 pieces of glass, each no wider than 15mm, which were painted and stained to resemble the storm from the beginning of the play, with details such as the ship, the spirit Ariel and an octopus adding small focal points. The finished piece is 75mm in diameter. |
 The ship on the waves and an octopus below |
 The cloudy sunset on the ocean |
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