Cast glass 10 inches After meeting artists Shinichi and Kimiaki Higuchi of Japan, famous for their Pate de Verre, I began to transform my work again, translating my designs into cast glass. Through months of experimentation on my own, I learned how to create molds from my clay models. I had to make many calculations…
Hot formed glass sculpture with encased flamework and exterior engraving 8 inches
“Eagle” Hot formed glass, encased, carved and painted. 8 inches I created “Eagle” at the Corning Museum of Glass Studio where I am an instructor. My roots are in hot glass sculpting. I like to revisit it at times and develop work that is hot sculpted as well as carved and painted. Hot glasswork is…
Hot sculpted glass, gold leaf, engraving 4 inches tall Made at The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass. Cutting by James Poore. I began to design bases for my sculpted glass birds, adding black sign paint and then using a pin to create drawings in the wet paint. I added millefiori canes and created…
Hot formed glass encased and carved Since 1976 I created many hundreds of miniature flameworked swans based on this form. I decided to enlarge the form and include hundreds of canes I designed and made. The form conveys the floating feeling of a swan on a pond and speaks to my Italian heritage.
Hot sculpted, encased flameworked glass, painted exterior, applied flamework, sandblasted
Hot sculpted, encased flameworked glass, applied flamework, painted exterior 3 inches
Hot sculpted, encased flameworked glass; engraved, painted exterior 3 inches
Hot sculpted, encased flameworked glass, exterior painting Collection of the Corning Museum of Glass
Hot sculpted, encased flameworked glass with exterior battuto cutting.
Hot sculpted, encased flameworked glass, engraved exterior 2 1/2 inches
Hot sculpted glass, encased flamework 3 inches The scarlet dahlia was my signature flower for many years. Since childhood I grew dahlias in my own garden. I love gardening. I liked the idea of a dew droplet containing the flower, as the flower survives using water to live and the drip shape creates a beautiful…
Hot sculpted, encased flamework, painted exterior 4 inches
Encased flameworked glass with exterior cutting 3 inches in diameter
Encased torchworked glass
