"Learn as if you were to live forever...."
- Ghandi
Over the past few years, I've had the pleasure and good fortune to take courses from fused glass Masters (maestros!) from around the world.
Below are some examples of works in progress and "documents" of my successes and failures as I continue to expand my skills and to find and refine my voice as an artist. All of these remain in my personal collection since they are experiments and "documents" of the learning process.
Glass is a reflection of me, and I am reflected in my art...
Abstract Landscape
Forged in the hills of Italy in May 2023... and a wonderful new technique learned!
Glass powders and frit (small pieces of crushed glass) on clear sheet glass.
Not made from a template or decal!
This piece is made from glass powder, sifted and moved on the base glass with a variety of tools... carefully, painstakingly, to create a portraiture full of life - veins, muscle creases, shadows, expression...
how I love this new technique!
This is the original photo that inspired the above
glass work.
More landscape work.
5 layers of crushed and sheet glass to create a depth that is difficult to see in the photo
but is very evident in the piece itself.
A whole lot learned and a lot to be practiced with this new technique!
Poppies!! Who doesn't love poppies? In May 2023, the poppies in northern Italy were absolutely spectacular, filling fields and roadsides, and lasting for more than a month. What a joy to see, and to reflect in this experimental piece that was forged in a kiln during my learning in Italy... not far from the poppy fields!
And who doesn't love a cute little hen?
Learning to work with line and colour...
And changing the way I think about my subject matter.
Playing with the movement and transformation of glass in the kiln.
Oh, the colours!!