Fire and Passion from the Past

I started this week with a vessel and now end with another one, an older piece of work that is one of my all time favorite polymer vessels.  Grant Diffendaffer created the most amazing mica shift textures, textures which such depth and original patterning that they still seem cutting edge many years later.

I love not only the unusual representation of fire in what appears to be similar to rock in a molten state, but also the way the black carbon with its cold pitted texture really sets the reds and oranges off. Grant has steered largely away from polymer these days but his influence and obvious burning artistic passion are unforgettable.