Cast glass 12 inches The forest floor represents deterioration and renewal as leaves return to the soil to rise again in the form of new growth as trees. Sooner or later we all find ourselves on the forest floor.
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…
Cast glass 9 inches
Cast glass and flamework 12 inches This is a study for “To Taste of Spring,” a small vignette in which a bird looks hopefully into a frozen pond with fall leaves imbedded in ice. The bird longs for the spring, as he looks quizzically at the leaves frozen into the water. In this sculpture, I…
Cast glass and flamework 10 inches “To Taste of Spring,” is a poignant vignette in which a bird looks hopefully into a frozen pond with fall leaves imbedded in ice. The bird longs for the spring, as he looks quizzically at the leaves frozen into the water. In this sculpture, I wanted to create a mood…
Hot sculpted, encased flameworked glass, exterior painting and cutting, sandblasted, applied gemstones 7 inches tall I love birds; they are such expressive creatures. I raised caged birds as a child and enjoy observing birds at my outdoor feeders. My glass birds are abstracted creatures unlike anything in nature. They are birds from my imagination, embodying the spirit…
Hot formed glass sculpture with encased flamework and exterior engraving 8 inches
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 sculpture with encased flamework and exterior cutting I began to sculpt abstract hot glass birds and wanted to animate them, creating a sense that they could be alive. I found gestures in live birds and translated them into glass.
Hot sculpted, encased flameworked glass, painted exterior, applied flamework, sandblasted
Hot sculpted, encased flameworked glass, applied flamework, painted exterior 3 inches
Encased, flameworked line drawing portrait in glass During a visit to The Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass, I met Jiri Harcuba and Martin Rosol from the Czech Republic. Martin sculpts cold glass and Jiri is a glass engraver. After meeting Jiri and Martin I began to cut, polish, and engrave my own sculptures.…
Encased flameworked glass Inspired by human profiles and the effects of DNA on the human body. Hand cut and polished by Debbie.
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
