Look Up
If
Steve Selos has his way, ceilings will once again be widely recognized
as a decorative element in homes, especially ceilings with dramatic
architecture. Although the plaster relief artist also finishes walls and
other surfaces, what he really wants to impress upon the world is that
ceilings are functional canvases. In fact, he says he has created his
reputation based on ceiling decoration. His work ranges from highly
ornate trompe l’oeil imagery to all-over high-relief textures or
smooth-as-glass piano finishes.
Whether on the ceiling or on a wall or fireplace, an essential element in Selos’ work is the interplay of a room’s light and shadow across the plastered surfaces. “I do a lot of playing with light and edges to create length and width, and grab the attention,” Selos says. “I’ll direct light across the curve of the surface, for example.” Working with Venetian plasters and in bas-relief on ceilings and on vertical surfaces, Selos has developed several proprietary decorative techniques and textures. He takes his design cues from the home’s architecture and scale as well as the effect the client wants to create.
Selos Creative Finishes. 909.945.3685. www.selosart.com.
Visions of Glass
Glassworker
Chris Denison has mastered just about every glass-crafting technique
out there and just about every mode of design, as well. No matter what
the client’s particular taste or artistic sensibility, Denison says he
can translate it into glass.
He focuses on architectural glass applications, such as decorative lites for entry doors and windows, pocket doors, divider walls, stairs and railings, door knobs, and shower enclosures. Denison creates originals or replicas of historic and antique designs and patterns by etching, engraving, slump-molding, embossing, blowing, and leading.
Denison has one overarching goal: to expand the use of glass as functional art in architecture.
Light Impressions Glass Crafters. 207.883.9144. www.chrisdenisonstudio.com.
