16 of 34

|

metal prints abstract metal prints glass metal prints fused metal prints pot melt metal prints white metal prints pink metal prints bubbles metal prints dimensional metal prints

photographs abstract photos glass photos fused photos pot melt photos white photos pink photos bubbles photos dimensional photos

Add This Artwork to Your Favorites Collection

Comment

Add This Artwork to Your Favorites Collection

Comment

Macro photography brings out details hidden in art glass pot melts I create in my kiln. Just the right lighting and magnification bring out the textures, bubbles and colors that cannot be seen with the naked eye. Most of these images look great as metal prints, but you can choose what works best for you.

I first began exploring and working with glass in 1989, while employed as a research biochemist in New York. I had always admired many types of glass, including stained, torch-worked and blown, but had focused on science rather than art or craft until this time. My first pieces were created using the copper-foil stained glass methods, learned from a book and, later, videos and experimentation. Kiln-worked glass was beginning to re-emerge as a respected glass art form around this time, and I found it to be an intriguing and less common technique to use to achieve some of the designs I envisioned. At this point, I was just interested in creating glass pieces for myself and as gifts, but friends coerced me into showing my work at art...