
Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday
Fragrance–Essence of Peach

Friday
The syrupy liquid is smelling a bit bad and the peach is beginning to collapse.

Saturday

Sunday

Second Monday

Second Tuesday

Second Wednesday

Wednesday Increased Luminance to Show Detail

Wednesday Zoomed In and Increased Luminance to Show Detail

Second Thursday

Second Thursday View 2

Second Friday

Second Friday Detail
Second Saturday
Second Saturday Detail
Second Saturday
Second Sunday
Second Sunday Detail
Curious if the small blue patch will increase in size.
Third Monday
Third Monday View 2
Third Monday Detail
Third Tuesday
Third Wednesday
Third Wednesday Detail
Third Thursday
Third Friday
Third Friday Detail
The folks I live with decided it was time to remove the peach from the kitchen. Apparently, it was too fragrant for them. I had hoped to keep it until it became totally dry. When I flipped it over there was a lot of dampness surrounding the stone.
Third Friday Evening
Third Friday Evening Detail
Third Friday Evening Detail, Last Image Before Recycled
It may seem peculiar that I am documenting a molding peach, but it brings to mind the types of glaze surfaces I used on my work in the 80s and 90s.
This is a piece that I made while in undergrad at Ohio State University in the 80s. I was delighted to find actual lichen living on the piece. Surprised, but delighted.
The pieces can be arranged in a couple of different ways, but this is how it has been positioned for over twenty years on our upstairs deck.
As was my process at the time, the piece was glazed multiple times. The base glaze was a lithium blue. It was followed with multiple red lead glazes. Yep, that was red lead with chromium dioxide.
When I was using lichen and lizard skin glazes, I was not looking at moldy peaches. Because I have used those glazes, I now look at mold growth.
Often people assume that a piece references something that is not part of the content. I believe that the reason this happens is because we view things through a filter of our experiences. The viewer’s interpretation may not be correct, but it is a way for them to access the piece.