Oil painting on canvas, accompanied by encased, flameworked glass sculpture In designing “Urban Intersection” I first made an oil painting, and then designed a glass sculpture interpreting the oil painting in glass (cutting by Ed Poore). “Urban Intersection” speaks of the busy streets of New York, where thousands of people come and go on grids of…
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…
A hot sculpted, encased flameworked red dahlia 4 inches These designs revisit my “Red Dahlia,” recreating dahlias in sculptural forms that push the limits of hot-forming glass in a torch. After more than thirty years of torch work, I had developed great control over hot moving glass. This drip design however poses extreme difficulty because of…
Hot sculpted, encased flamework, painted exterior 4 inches
Encased flamework, millefiori, flameworked human profiles. The exterior is engraved with a wave. Inspired by the tsunami in South East Asia. I began perfecting my own millefiori canes and latticino, and developed ways to use canes and latticino in my designs instead of using them as embellishment around the design. The snake was made using only millefiori…
Encased flameworked glass 3 inches in diameter Millefiori flameworked snakes on a flameworked ground.
Encased flameworked glass 3 inches in diameter Abstract dahlia with flameworked latticino petals.
Encased flameworked glass 4 inches in diameter Encased flamework collage featuring a large multi-petal red dahlia flower.
A large encased flamework collage design with multiple flowers with complex millefiori centers 4 inches in diameter Flameworking is very meditative; manipulating glass in a flame often creates a Zen-like feeling. Each flower has a unique, complex center stamen cane. The flamework to make this piece took thousands of hours of concentration and deep thought.…
Hot sculpted glass, encased flamework 4 inches After the Sergeant painting, in this modern version, “Madam XY” speaks of genetics.
Encased flameworked glass with exterior cutting 3 inches in diameter
Engraved, encased flameworked glass This work was made before the Iraqi conflict, at a time when the United States was considering invading Iraq. It was a time of indecision. I created a heart dripping blood and a broken heart from millefiori. I used peace signs from the 1970s because it reminded me of that time.…
Engraved, encased flameworked glass This triptych commemorates the “shot heard round the world” and the Battle of Lexington and Concord that began the American Revolution. Roland Max Erlacher of Corning, New York executed three powerful engravings. Designed, flameworked and encased by Debbie Tarsitano. Plaque 1: A local farmer and minuteman picking up his musket to defend his…
Engraved, encased flameworked glass 4 inches in diameter The humanitarian efforts of Mother Theresa, “Saint of the Gutters,” of Calcutta, India, touched me greatly. Both she and Anne Frank shared a longing for peace, and both have had a great impact on the world through their special examples and life philosophies. White rosary beads and…
Engraved, encased flameworked glass I stood in front of the Anne Frank house on Prinsengracht Street and read a phrase spray painted on a wood partition covering some construction: “All children have the right to grow up.” I saw the little orange and white gingham diary, one of the most important books ever written, a…
Encased flameworked glass, engraving, marble 36 by 20 inches I designed and created the large-scale sculpture, “The Outstretched Hand of Liberty,” in 1989. The artistic concept was to use flameworked glass, crystal encasement and engraving to depict a universal and timeless story that most American families can identify with – the idea of coming to…
Engraved, encased flameworked glass In 1976 I met Steuben’s master engraver, Max Roland Erlacher, of Corning, New York. At our first meeting I asked Max, “If I made a drawing, could you engrave it on the base of one of my paperweights?” He answered, “Yes,” and thus began a long and cherished working relationship creating paperweights…
Flameworked encased glass 3 1/4 inches in diameter A Red spotted salamander by Delmo Tarsitano appears on a blue multi petal Dahlia by Debbie Tarsitano My father and I worked together from 1976 until his death in 1990, fourteen years, which seemed all too short. Dad made his own designs reflecting his lifelong interest in…
Oil paint on canvas 48 by 48 inches A study in white and sienna oil paint of the artist’s mother and grandmother during the Great Depression.
Encased torchworked glass
