Shaman of the bead
JPEG of a bitmap frame from a image sequence rendered in Poser 4
jan/2000 © Michael McCue
This is a representation of Gia the bead mother at Mother Earth Beads and Lampworks. Although this is a single image it begins to convey the energy behind the creation of a glass bead. Gia orchestrates a complex harmony with physics and asthetics. The glass is brought to a molten state, twirled onto a steel rod, blanched with a hot blue flame and carefully cooled. Any mistake and the bead will shatter, forever lost like a lonely idea. The sequence is part of a Quicktime movie I am stringing together to promote Gia's art. The background is animated and was composited in Adobe After Effects and then inserted as a backround in Poser 4. The Dancer spins and twirls in the foreground like a bead spun in a fire.
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