The Galatea convex mirror is a bit of a departure for me because it is essentially white. The rays of the mirror and the spheres around the edge of the frame are made of the mineral Howlite. The inner ring of the mirror is covered with a mosaic of white Venetian glass rods.
Howlite was discovered near Windsor, Nova Scotia, in 1868 by Henry How (1828–1879), a Canadian chemist, geologist, and mineralogist. How was alerted to the unknown mineral by miners in a gypsum quarry, who found it to be a nuisance. He called the new mineral silico-boro-calcite; it was given the name howlite by the American geologist James Dana shortly thereafter.
The Galatea convex mirror is around 16 inches in diameter. It hangs in my studio pending being shipped to one of my showrooms/venues.
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The white stone of this mirror reminded me of the classical myth from Ovid’s Metamorphosis, Pygmalion and Galatea. Pygmalion, a sculptor, falls in love with a marble statue he had carved with his own hands. In answer to his prayers, the goddess Aphrodite brings it to life and unites the couple in marriage.
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