Reference: Painted graal technique
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Micah uses the painted graal technique for all his sculptures!
What is a painted graal?
As Legend goes the Holy Grail (Graal) was the chalice used by Christ at the First Communion. Lost over the decades, many myths encompass the search for the Holy Grail. Some believe this chalice could bring everlasting life and help find ones inner peace.
The graal technique was developed in Sweden in the 1920’s. Creating a graal requires exceptional skills during its lengthy and complicated process, taking up to fifty hours to make each piece.
To create a glass graal, Micah first blows a small colored graal blank (glass cylinder) from a crucible of molten glass charged at over 2000 degrees Fahrenheit. Several days later when the graal blank has been annealed (controlled cooling), Micah paints his designs straight onto the surface of the graal blank using special glass paints made from finely ground colored glass and pine oil.
Once the graal blank is finished being painted, Micah slowly reheats the blank to 1100 degrees Fahrenheit. As the graal blank heats up, the pine oil burns off and leaves pure glass pigment on the surface of the glass graal blank. Micah then picks up the graal blank on a long metal blowpipe and submerses the blank in molten glass. Immediately fusing the paint to the glass, capturing Micah’s imagery, permanently encased within layers of clear and colored glass.
The graal blank absorbs so much heat from the submersion in liquid glass that it too becomes liquid. Once the piece is liquid it is re blown and shaped into its final enlarged form. Due to the intricate and complex process, each of Lamar’s graals is a unique, one of a kind work of fine art.
(http://www.terrafirmagallery.com/Techniques_c_99.html)
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