Matryoshka ~SOLD
a stained glass mosaic sculpture for indoor display
24" x 14"
2011
mosaic by Kasia Polkowska
sculpture by Kyle Cunniff
To see the making of our first Matryoshka, click the link below:
The
Matryoshka Doll sculpture was a collaborative effort between me (Kasia)
a mosaic artist and Kyle a designer. We have collaborated in the past,
but this is by far our most fruitful project to date. For a couple of
years we've been toying with the idea of creating a mosaic sculpture.
Finally when the doll came up, we knew that it was the perfect subject.
The curves are pleasing to the eye and the form is suitable for
applying a mosaic to it. Creating the form alone was a huge
undertaking. Kyle spent weeks researching, sculpting and prepping the
form for me to mosaic over. I've also spent weeks researching the doll,
designing our concept, theme and colors, and fabricating the mosaic.
Our doll is a youthful, curvy and joyful. She is a symbol of fertility
as other Matryoshka dolls are. She is pure and vailed in white. Her
eyes and the pin that holds her scarf in place are green like the jade
stone which symbolized life and growth. Her belly, which will swell
with life and protect her growing children, is covered with a lotus
flower which signifies purity, enlightenment, self-regeneration and
rebirth.
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