I’m really excited about some new glass ideas for the first time in a while. I feel like I’ve been running into a lot of obstacles in my attempts to pursue, express, and refine certain ideas that I’ve been thinking about for a long time; which I’ve found is a very important part of my process. I’ve also been taking a lot of time to think, feel, and experience new things; which also turns out to be a very important part of my process.
I’ve recently been able to experiment/sketch with hot glass to see what the material “tends to do” in certain situations. I find this very helpful to do prior to paper sketches to first see what is possible. Paper sketches then serve to push what is possible to what may not be. Pursuing these ideas with hot glass is then used to further define the current line of possible while allowing the material to express itself, to a certain extent. After another round of paper sketches following the second round of glass sketches, I seem to have found a more clearly defined direction to go that appears to express more than a visually pleasing form, hypothetically. Looking forward to the next round of glass……
(Images presented in reverse chronological order.)
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