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At the York Conference everyone admired her beautiful panels and were delighted that, at last, May achieved 'Craftsman' level. One of her pieces was entitled 'Dance of the Spirit' and she has allowed us to publish the notes she wrote for selection. How well they show that she is an expert dancer as well as enameller.
DANCE OF THE SPIRIT
The theme of this mural is joy in the form of both physical and spiritual dance. The gliding figure emanates feelings of peace and harmony through movement, extending through time and space in the vibrational colours of blue and silver.
I wanted to try to capture the feelings of delight, of expanded awareness and beauty which I have experienced through the physical process of dance and to convey these to the onlooker. The mural also seeks to represent visually the expression of music through dancing and the inspiration and impetus music gives me to move in rhythm and harmony with it. I sense colour in both movement and music, they inspire me to create and to go both within and beyond myself.
The luminosity of enamels, coupled with the subtle sheen of silver were qualities I tried to use to visually express these feelings. Gleams of gold express sunlight and elation; light greens and deep blues, swirls and linear shapes hint at reaching out into space.