{"title":"Gerald Tobola","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSince I was a kid, I always had a fascination for leaves and trees. When I started to create my artwork over 20 years ago, copper seemed to be my medium of choice. I started by making copper lampshades, then I got curious and wanted to make something that I could hold in my hand.  The leaf entered the scene. In fact, I started making leaves during my HCCC residency in 2005. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe process to create a leaf is pretty involved. I heat the copper (anneal) to soften the copper in order to shape the leaf and to work in the detail, by using the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003erepoussé\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e and chasing technique. The colors are achieved by using acids and metal coatings. The result I work towards, is for the leaf to look as realistic as possible.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e\u003c!--\ntd {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}\n--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-hyperlinkruns='{\"1\":0,\"2\":\"https:\/\/www.coppershadetree.com\/\"}' data-sheets-hyperlink=\"https:\/\/www.coppershadetree.com\/\" data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":276668,\"5\":{\"1\":[{\"1\":2,\"2\":0,\"5\":{\"1\":2,\"2\":0}},{\"1\":0,\"2\":0,\"3\":3},{\"1\":1,\"2\":0,\"4\":1}]},\"6\":{\"1\":[{\"1\":2,\"2\":0,\"5\":{\"1\":2,\"2\":0}},{\"1\":0,\"2\":0,\"3\":3},{\"1\":1,\"2\":0,\"4\":1}]},\"7\":{\"1\":[{\"1\":2,\"2\":0,\"5\":{\"1\":2,\"2\":0}},{\"1\":0,\"2\":0,\"3\":3},{\"1\":1,\"2\":0,\"4\":1}]},\"8\":{\"1\":[{\"1\":2,\"2\":0,\"5\":{\"1\":2,\"2\":0}},{\"1\":0,\"2\":0,\"3\":3},{\"1\":1,\"2\":0,\"4\":1}]},\"10\":2,\"14\":{\"1\":2,\"2\":0},\"15\":\"\\\"Book Antiqua\\\"\",\"16\":11,\"21\":1}' data-sheets-value='{\"1\":2,\"2\":\"https:\/\/www.coppershadetree.com\/\"}'\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.coppershadetree.com\/\" class=\"in-cell-link\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.coppershadetree.com\/\" class=\"in-cell-link\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.coppershadetree.com\/\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/shopashergallery.com\/collections\/gerald-tobola.oembed","provider":"Asher: Off the Wall at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft","version":"1.0","type":"link"}