February 26, 2010 11:25 AM EST
The first question I asked myself when I looked at Marilyn Tendrich's
Impasto Rose.
According to Bill Helwig in his article "Impasto- A New Technique or The Characteristics of Glass in Use" Glass on Metal Magazine, Volume 3, No.2. April l984.
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The term impasto has been borrowed from the Italian term - inology for a painting technique meaning, a thick application of pigments to a canvas or panel, although in this enameling technique it is not the use of a thick enamel paste, rather the application of wet enamel with the appearance of having been pasted, built up in surfaces of low relief as dictated by the design image...
The first question I asked myself when I looked at Marilyn Tendrich's
Impasto Rose.
According to Bill Helwig in his article "Impasto- A New Technique or The Characteristics of Glass in Use" Glass on Metal Magazine, Volume 3, No.2. April l984.
   Â
The term impasto has been borrowed from the Italian term - inology for a painting technique meaning, a thick application of pigments to a canvas or panel, although in this enameling technique it is not the use of a thick enamel paste, rather the application of wet enamel with the appearance of having been pasted, built up in surfaces of low relief as dictated by the design image...
