I bring glass back to stone and bronze, and ask the light to tell me how they might be joined. Light, as I’ve discovered, loves this.
Illuminating Matter
When I first started working with glass, I wanted to see what I could discover before I started working with glass artists. I shaped things with stone carving tools until I reached the limits of what I could do. When I learned how to slump it in a kiln, there was no going back. I like getting lost in infinite potential.
Sled. basalt, bronze, glass. 2018. 8”x11”x5”
If Stones Could Fly. basalt, bronze, glass 2010. 7”x13”x6”
Spaceship 13. basalt, bronze, glass. 2008. 12”x16”x8”
Make it So. basalt, bronze, glass.2012.12”x10”x6”.
Egg Stealer. basalt and glass. 2018. 8”x9”x6”.
Spaceship 11. basalt, bronze, glass. 2008. 11”x16”x9”
If a piece of glass is going to work, it has to have heft but hold onto its translucence. The whole idea of seeing through is still brand new to me. I’m just beginning to learn about the relationship between stone and glass. Right now it has to come from the language of the stone - glass has to remember that it was stone for the meeting to work.
Blue Ocean Curl. basalt and glass. 2018. 8”x12”x5”
Warship. bronze, glass, stone. 2018. 14"x5"x6"
Forgotten Tunnel stone, glass. 2017. 4"x10"x6"
Butterfly. stone, bronze, glass. 2017. 20"x6"x8"
Amber Moon. basalt, glass. 2012. 16”x8”x3”
Blue Moon. basalt. 2013. 31”x64”x30”
Small EarthSkies. basalt, bronze, glass. 2012. 16"x8"x6" each
Attraction Orange. granite, glass. 2015. 5”x10”x4”
Attraction Olive. granite, glass. 2015. 7”x7”x4”
If Stones Could Fly (big). basalt, bronze, glass. 2013.
If Stones Could Fly (big). basalt, bronze, glass. 2013.
Blue Canyon. basalt, glass. 2015. 5”x12”x10”
Glass Study 9. granite, glass. 2010. 10”x4”x2”
Glass Study 10. granite, glass. 2009. 10”x5”x2”
Blue Glass Arc. basalt, glass. 2012. 13”x5”x5”