About Dimensional Colors

My name is Barbara Gersenson and I create and work on all of the switchplates. Each piece is spontaneous and unique. I have been enameling switch plates for 8 years; before that I enameled small pieces for 3 years, during which time I developed the techniques and color knowledge that I use. Multiple firings allow me to layer colors and to create complex designs, though one too many firings can cause the image to start dispersing.

The techniques I've developed allow me to have precise control of the powders, obtaining the look of painting, but with added levels; having mages within other images, sometimes combing images together, so that they suggest something completely different. For me, the powder is flowing with images. Don't just use your switch plates, experience them. Feeling is the part you'll notice every time, the rippling created by the thickness necessary to create each color. Though time consuming, piling combinations of colors allows a richness and mingling of colors that can only be created using powdered glass.

 

Before firing, each piece is hand sanded and cleaned. All pieces are counter enameled for strength and to avoid warping as cooled. Screws are enameled, unless brass works better.

 

The switch plates are available in single upto quad gang plates, outlets, GFI's & combination plates. Custom work available.