by Daria Perse
For more than 25 years, Pamela and Charles Bogdonoff from Virginia have been creating stained glass mosaics. Their creations come in a variety of colors, shapes and sizes, as birdbaths, mirrors, tiles and stepping stones, sun catchers, wall plaques and table tops, as well as cabinet panels and transom panels.
In the motion-picture theater, the screen at rest is a neutral, shadowy blank; at rest, the fish-eye lens of the TV screen mirrors the room over which it presides. In both, the images are luminous, lighted as though from within, but the motion-picture images hover on or just in front of the surface of the screen. The viewer moves toward inclusion; no need for those movie-palace stunts, those three-dimensional experiments when, bicolored glasses in place, we ducked the baseball flung at us or were frozen in our seats by the locomotive that roared out of the screen and over our heads. The TV image, by contrast, recedes into its box and includes us out.
—Don Gifford, U. S. educator, critic. The Farther Shore: A Natural History of Perception, ch. 1, Little Brown (1990)
Every single piece of glass used in laying pieces into mosaic pattern is hand-picked because of its exquisite color and quality. After that it has to be carefully cut and ground in fine detail of another admirable stained glass art product by Pam and Charley.
But that is not what's so special about their artwork they make with so much love and devotion. What really separates them from so many artists who use glass to express their creativity in glass are their Inspirational Message Mirrors. They were inspired by Charles being diagnosed with cancer.
The whole appearance is a toy. For this,
The dove in the belly builds his nest and coos,
Selah, tempestuous bird. How is it that
The rivers shine and hold their mirrors up,
Like excellence collecting excellence?
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
Ever since that time, inspiring words like: JOY, LOVE, BELIEVE, FAITH, DREAM, IMAGINE and others are incorporated in their message mirrors to motivate and heal themselves and others who decide to enrich their living space with one of Pamela and Charles' Message Mirrors.
There's no shortage of shapes, sizes or motives in the selection of Message Mirrors from this husband-and-wife art-team. There's something for everyone. Besides, they are still healing and you should know in your heart that whenever you decide to buy one of their products, you not only make your home more delightful, but also acquire a gracious art piece and foremost, support Charley in his healing from cancer. Copyright © 2006-2007 by Daria Perse. All rights reserved. Daria Perse is the founder of BestLingerieSecrets.com webpage. With years of experiences in underwear manufacturing and selling business, she is sharing her expertiese via tips that every woman must know when it comes to choosing, wearing and caring for fine lingerie at: http://www. BestLingerieSecrets.com