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BACK TO ARTWORK Artist's Statement "The use of tin ceiling tile was popular from about the 1860s to about 1930. It gave the effect of older, hand-carved plaster ceilings. It was used primarily in commercial buildings rather than in homes, and was installed mostly in the Midwest and East Coast." Artist's Biography A Wisconsin native, Daniels attended UW-Madison before transferring to Bradley University, graduating as an art major in 1992. Having dealt in antiques for over 20 years, Daniels found herself becoming more interested in Outsider Art, works produced with non-traditional materials and “with whatever the makers have on hand”. When the rise of Ebay brought an end to her career (“everybody can be an antiques dealer, now”), Lori turned to her vast collection of antique ceiling tiles and went to work in a new field. After salvaging vintage tin ceilings and mounting the pieces, Daniels and her partner, Stephen White, start work on a piece. The tin will have rust holes and flakes of paint; it will have nail holes from being attached to ceilings and even rips from being removed. Daniels fills some of the holes with epoxy, striving to maintain the integrity of the tile. The artist hand-colors the tin using her patented glazing process. The results are greatly influenced by temperature and humidity; warm days produce the most predictable finishes. Only one application of glaze can be applied per day, and finished pieces may have ten layers of color. Sizes range from 6"x 6" to 6'x6'. Lori Daniels maintains that "The theme of time runs through these pieces. What does time do to these things? This tin still whispers. Those pieces that were once in Bergner’s in Peoria or in Marshall Field’s in Chicago… those pieces speak to me of another life."
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