Making Colored Glass Ocean Life Over the past few years I have been making colored glass ocean life forms using a hand torch. I am interested in using clear, popping colors that allow the light to shine through the form. In addition, I am inspired by all the patterns found in seaweed, corals, and even […]
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Water Glass Blue Flowing Movement
The sculpture Water Glass was inspired by the oceans’ fury and movement. The brilliant blue color is a borosilicate glass color called Blue Dream. The new series explores the linear patterns and flowing current of water. Many of my glass sculptures develop layers of glass wavy glass lines. This creates a sense of motion and energy in the […]
Green Glass Seaweed
Making Green Glass Seaweed The Green Glass Seaweed sculpture is part of a new vision for my marine life sculpture. Part of the excitement is coming from the brilliant glass color palette created by Glass Alchemy. The color used in this sculpture has an intense bright green color. When cast under spotlights the complex seaweed […]
Favia Brain Coral Sculpture
During the past several months I have been working on this new Favia Brain Coral Sculpture. This work was inspired by coral photography. This linked photograph shows the Favia Christmas Coral in an open and feeding state. Initially I had created this sculpture for the Lifeforms 2016 traveling glass exhibit. After some thought, I decided […]
Colorful Glass Coral Sculpture
Colorful Glass Coral, Long Tentacle Plate Coral, 2015, Colored Boro Glass, 3.5″ x 11″ x 11″ Long Tentacle Plate Coral, Detail View, 2015, Colored Boro Glass, 3.5″ x 11″ x 11″ Creating colorful glass coral sculpture captures the true beauty of coral reef life. This sculpture is inspired by the marvelous marine creature known as […]
Sculpting Glass Coral Strands
Sculpting glass coral using a glass hand torch can produce very complex forms. I am currently working on a Favia Brain Coral. This species of brain coral is very popular with coral farmers. There are amazing colors and patterns found in this type of coral. I was drawn to the amazing cell structure of this […]