Cast glass and oil painting on wood board 9 by12 inches Last summer instead of having vegetables I grew Dahlia’s. I began to compile a photographic diary of their life cycle. Shapes as well as shades of color change as time passes, so very similar to us. The Japanese believe in what they call “Wabi…
Cast Glass and oil painting on wood board. 11 by 14 Inches During hikes at Walden Pond I witnessed many beautiful natural scenes. It is amazing how such scenes take place as one can hear the faint noise of cars nearby. For a brief moment at dusk I saw a lone small bird flying over…
Cast Glass Dahlia on oil painted Canvas covered wood board 48 by 36 inches Last summer I photographed my garden at night using my camera’s night vision setting. A white Dahlia’s came alive. Night gardens and evening landscapes inspire me. Many artists concern themselves with daylights effects. Seeing the way sunsets and moonlight illuminate nature…
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Sandwich Glass Museum curator Dorothy Hogan-Schofield interviews Debbie Tarsitano.
A short promo for Debbie Tarsitano’s new exhibit at the Sandwich Glass Museum.
Cast glass on canvas covered wood board 48 by 36 inches Made in memory of Martin Richards, the young boy killed in the Boston Marathon bombings. His favorite saying was, “No more hurting people.” There is a photo of him at school holding up a sign he made with those very words that would come…
Watch as Debbie Tarsitano demonstrates for her class, Encasing Flamework: Designs Under Glass, which focuses on encasing lampworked elements in clear crystal.
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Cast glass sculpture 10 inches I created this sculpture for my best friend’s birthday. One day I saw morning-doves in my yard sunbathing. They were so uninhibited; after bathing at my birdbath they found a quiet spot and stretched out their wings holding them to the warm sun luxuriating in the day. I so envied…
Cast glass 12 inches I was walking along the beach one day and saw a gull’s wing wash up onto the shore. I thought about all the DNA in the ocean, and the variations of sea and air creatures that live in and by the shore.
Cast glass 4 inches Solitude presents a chick emerging from an egg, that looks as if it is made of stone. After casting, I spent days refining the exterior of the glass until it looked like marble.
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 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…
Oil painting with flameworked glass elements 10 by 14 inches An abstracted design based on the idea of freedom. A caged bird sits inside while the door is open, making the choice to stay inside. Various opportunities are given to the bird for freedom. Glass elements are distributed throughout the design. The painted bird is…
Hot formed glass sculpture with encased flamework and exterior engraving 8 inches
Drawing on paper
Oil painting on board with glass flameworked elements 18 by 24 inches
Pencil drawing
Hot sculpted, encased flameworked glass with exterior battuto cutting.
