Mirrors
The glass for my mirrors is hand silvered, using the nineteenth century French "Verre Eglommise technique. The underlying frames are usually wood.
My natural inclination is to ally the Renaissance techniques that I use, with modern design - but as some of these images show, commissioned work can take me in unexpected and equally satisfying directions.

                                         
                         "Native American" frame, raised gesso and patinated silver leaf
                              on gessoed wood.
                              40cm x 56 cm.  


                        

                             "Bauhaus " frame: patinated silver leaf and palladium leaf on gessoed wood.
                                    80 cm x 65 cm.                  



                            

                             "Egyptian" overmantel triptych. Frame: raised gesso lotus petals
                             with trompe l'oeil lapis lazuli and gold leaf on gessoed wood.
                             96 cm x 127 cm.


                                   

                           One of a pair of oval mirrors commissioned for a restored
                           18th century music room.
                           Frame: gilded raised gesso, on gessoed wood.
                           Candelabra sconces: gilded antique brass with gilded wire foliage.
                           52 cm x 40 cm.

                         

                         "Silver Braid Border" mirror: patinated silver
                         and burnished clay on gessoed wood.
                         64cm x 53cm
               

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