Pattern as Architecture
or a balance between various parts of an object
Tales 1
This piece is composed of a base of clear and white glass and the 'tails' of glass from clay flowerpots through which glass is melted during the pot melt technique. The 'tails' were so beautiful that they were saved and incorporated into a work of lively repetition.
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Tales 2
This is a second piece composed of a base of clear and white glass and the 'tails' of glass from clay flowerpots through which glass is melted in the pot melt technique. The beautiful 'tails' make a tactile dimension to the piece.
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Red Reflections
Red Reflections consists of a front panel and an offset frame below the front panel. The front panel is composed of rectangles of similar coloration, some of which are raised.
The offset frame, not visible in this image, creates a second edge around the piece and provides a strong architectonic addition.
Red Reflections was exhibited in a juried show at the Mystic Art Center, May 2005, Mystic, CT.
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Spider Shell
The smooth, slightly curved base of this piece is composed of gradated colors reminiscent of warm seas. The smoky images, in relief, mimic elements of the shell which sits above. The shell is both a contrast and an opposition to the ovoid base, in shape, coloration and positioning. The fused glass work is two pieces, joined by metal fittings.
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Architecture integrates
structure, form, texture, pattern,
color, symmetry,
and proportion.
Digital Orange
This work is composed of glass squares in various heights
fused to a textured orange base. The squares were made by sifting and fusing various colors of
ground glass in a striated pattern onto a clear glass base. The glass rings were created in molds.
Digital Orange was exhibited at
North American Glass 2004
Guilford Handcraft Center, CT.
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Stripes
The top of this piece is composed of horizontal layers or stripes in varying heights, while the lower part is flat. Coloration was achieved by mixing different colors and sizes of ground glass before fusing. Contrasts abound in the upper and lower areas of the piece, between the flat and the ridged, the varying rainbow effects, and the totally different colorations.
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Stained Glass
This work is actually 4 pieces: a base, two pierced 'doors', and a knob. The doors were created using molds. The base coloration was achieved by fusing different colors and sizes of ground glass (frit) together.
The offset of the 'doors' above the base allows shadows to fall onto the background and gives the illusion of an illuminated spatial depth.
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