About Glass

 

Glass is like water, with no crystal structure.  Or, perhaps it’s like ice, since it freezes at ordinary temperatures.

 

Yet it’s like taffy when it gets warm.  It can be pulled into long strings, twisted and coiled, laid in sheets, molded. 

 

Hot glass can be blown into the lightest, airiest shapes you can imagine.  

 

But it’s also like stone, that you can etch, slice, crush, granulate. 

 

It has transparency, translucency, and opacity.  It's fragile, but can be exceedingly strong. 

 

Think of its colors, the light it collects and refracts!

 

Glass is an endless field of playfulness.

 

 

My Glasswork

 

In the last two years I have taken my fascination with kiln casting toward glass sculpture. I am pursuing the contrast between glass and rougher materials like concrete, glass and steel. The Washington Glass School has helped immensely to develop my eye and my technical practice. I love these new pieces, and also am looking forward to further developments.