From
the artist:
I started working with glass in
2006. I enjoy making many different forms from glass,
including bowls, vases, and other vessels as well as
imaginative and some more realistic sculptures.
A thousand year old technique, known as caneworking,
is one of my favorite styles to work in. It involves
creating, and then arranging thin rods of colored
glass. Sometimes in patterns, and many times weaving
in and out of each other while flowing through the
piece of glass. There are millions of different ways
to use cane. Going hand in hand with cane is murrine,
which is pulled similar to cane but typically left
thicker in diameter and then cut into cross sections.
I make all my clear glass from scratch. I also try to
use intense amounts and variations in color. Many
colors I make from raw materials. The main ingredient
is sand, followed by soda ash and lime. By creating my
own colors I’m able to come up with some colors that
may not be available to the rest of the glass world.
When I’m shaping the glass, it is intense. Everything
has to happen at just the right time, like a well
choreographed dance. There is no stopping to go
freshen up my coffee. Once I start a piece at 2000
degrees, it has to stay above 1000 degrees the entire
time I work it or It will crack. It can be a fine line
to walk. Too much heat or too little at the wrong time
can mean failure.
With my glass I hope to simply bring pleasure and
enhance ones surroundings, though many pieces are
functional as well.
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Seascape Large Disc
Rests on a custom-fabricated metal stand
9.75"
$498
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