The round(ish) mark on the bottom of a hand worked glass piece is left by the punty. The process goes like this: 1. Gather and blow First gather glass on the end of a pipe. Then blow the glass and shape as desired. At this point the top of the finished vase is connected to …
Today I had the pleasure of meeting with the Shorelines Gallery owners. I am truly grateful for the opportunity to show my glass amongst a variety of artists I have long admired. They selected several of my best and most recent glass vases. Please drop by their gallery or visit them online. You can find …
Glass art in general hasn’t changed much over the centuries. Techniques & styles have stood the test of time and are still used in modern glass art studios today. What has changed… or more precisely, evolved… are the tools & materials. Glass artisans can opt for extremely high-tech tools, kilns and furnaces, as well as …
The craft of creating glass has been with us for millennia. It was first achieved in BC 3500′s! A simple start, perhaps even by accident, was with calciferous sand melting as a glaze. It wasn’t, however, until about 1600 BC that evidence of glass as the medium (not the decoration) was discovered. Fragments of glass …