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"I began developing Polage (polarized light collage) in 1967. It consists of layers of clear cellulose sandwiched between two polarizing filters. Polarizing filter is used in Polaroid sunglasses, polarizing filters for camera lenses and in liquid crystal displays. Very few people are aware of the phenomenon which occurs when certain 'birefringent' materials such as cellulose, mica, stressed plastics and sugar solutions are viewed between two polarizing filters. White light, as it passes through, becomes separated by wavelength (color). I am able to control the color in my Polage artworks by the thickness and orientation of all the tiny little pieces of cellulose which make up the image.
"I work with a razor knife at a light table, cutting out the hundreds of small shapes of clear cellulose which make up the painting. I wear polarizing sun glasses in order to see the image which is colorless until completed. Then it is framed in a light box containing a rotating polarizing filter. The finished Polage is alive. It glows and the colors appear to flow as it cycles through it's multiple views. It is moving, changing stained glass. Polage is a medium for the 21st Century: stained glass meets the video screen.
"My work is collected by individuals for homes and offices as well as commissioned for public spaces by Museums and Science Centers."