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 […]
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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 […]
Brain Coral Sculpture in Glass
Brain Coral, 2015, Boro glass, 15″ x 24″ x 24″ Brain Coral Detail, 2015, Boro glass, 15″ x 24″ x 24″ Recently I finished work on the large glass Brain Coral sculpture. This sculpture was inspired by the species of brain coral called meandrina. This type of brain coral grows into large dome shapes with […]
Flameworked Feather Star Sculpture
The flameworked Feather Star was inspired by a stunning creature found in the starfish family. The Feather Star hardly looks like your typical starfish. Instead it looks like some sort of seaweed or branching coral. The Feather Star has many branches that radiate from a central mouth. Each starfish arm has dozens of tendrils that […]
Glass Coral Sculpture from the Torch
As part of my reef project I have begun working on glass coral sculpture. A couple of years ago I made my first glass coral piece. This was a very delicate sculpture using 3 mm glass rods. I really enjoyed working on that piece. I kept thinking about that first coral sculpture while developing this […]
Glass Seaweed of Fragile Beauty
Glass Seaweed, 2014, Flameworked borosilicate glass, 20″ x 20″ x 20″ Glass Seaweed, Detail View, 2014, Flameworked borosilicate glass, 20″ x 20″ x 20″