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Thomas G. Ebersold was a beloved artist and the inventor of Contemporary Cloisonné. He was born in Santa Monica, California in 1943 and died in March 1976, from Cystic Fibrosis. He grew up in Vista, California were his family moved to in 1946, when he was just two. He spent most of his life in Vista, where he attended school, worked and lived for 23 years. Vista was also the place he met his lifelong friend, Margaret Tiefenthaler, who helped and supported him with his artwork. == His Work == Ebersold's original art form Contemporary Cloisonné took him ten years of experimentation to perfect. His art was inspired by the Asian art of Cloisonné. Oriental Cloisonné is a process that places tiny wires or strips of either copper, brass, gold or silver in shapes, they then have vitreous enamel placed in between forming the picture for the design. Mr. Ebersold was celebrated throughout the South-west for Contemporary Cloisonné. He began his career in the late 1960s using traditional Oriental Cloisonné and modern materials to produce works of intricate detail and vivid colour. His subjects range from Egyptian and Mayan to South-western themes. Ebersold would generally use copper wire in his work as he preferred the look of it and it was cheaper than other types of wire. Once he created his work, that included the copper wire, he would get it costume framed by The Frame House in Oceanside, California. The frame would then be backed with a simple paper bag. Usually he obtained these from the supermarket; Safeway Inc.. He would also attach a tag that gave advice on how to display and look after each piece as well as a small bit of information on the work. Tom Ebersold would spend long periods of time working on each piece, making it perfect. This meant each work of art could take hours, especially with all the small pieces of wire he would include. However this was not a problem because although the majority of the work was done by Ebersold, he had help from Margaret and her two daughters Sonja and Ingrid Soyland. The two young girls enjoyed making what they called petals, to add to Ebersold's work. These petals would be tear drop shapes that are featured in works such as the piece that includes an image of an oriental pot and a quail. Sadly the title for this work is unknown. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tom Ebersold」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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