Bouquets in glass

Glass and concrete, 2012, 4’x6’

These bouquets are the same rods as Trajectories, re-arranged. They look so wonderful in sunlight! The transparent color on transparent glass gathers light, sparkles and glows, gives a sense of optimism and pleasure. It's a case where the medium and the meaning are tightly linked. I first thought to give them disc flowers (see "Wild Flowers") but didn't in the end. I was aiming for a sense of lightness and for clean lines.

The bases are concrete, cast into forms with 3/4” copper sleeves set into the concrete. When we left Washington DC, I discarded these bases, figuring I could always make more.

Here are the Bouquets clustered together instead of spread out in a row. They look wonderful weaving between each other, each color affecting the rest. This picture was taken inside the gallery, so the name is seen through the glass of the gallery.