By Myriam Thomas Glass artist
A natural pond from an century old image revisited (2024)
When a century old photographic glass plate of a natural pond with the hand written indication ‘Craenepoel-Bellem’ came into my possession I was fascinated to know what that place will look like now. So I visited that natural pond and I searched fot the exact spot where the unknown photographer had stood more than 100 years ago. Then, on that spot, I took some pictures with my camera. Thereafter I processed all the photos - the old one and the new ones- into a hanging glass installation, celebrating the beauty of that area.
The original photographic glass plate (7,0 cm x 5,0 cm) , displayed in a viewing box (12,0 cm x 12,0 cm x 9,0 cm
Five 3D- hanging objects, each 27,0 cm x 24,0 cm x 3,0 cm. The distance between the front and the back part of each slumped object is 2,5 cm.
Float glass; Slumping, kiln fired photo decal transfers on the front and back side, kiln fired painting, silver leaf gilding.