Dyadic States
These forms are physical manifestations of tension and release. By creating unstable admixtures, I am exploring the physical limits of glass and demonstrating the beauty of catastrophe. Designing systems that must fail, in order to survive, fascinates me. Captured moments in time -- Light frozen at room temperature. These systems are snapshots of other worlds where spontaneous events compliment methodical preparation. They are images of the structure of our universe manifested and magnified countless times. The final product is an object of wonder. A unique form which is simultaneously aeonian and instantaneous. A wedding of human creativity and delicate physical processes of which I am keenly aware.
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Orogenesis (10)
The culmination of everything I learned in the series of explorations. This one started as large block of granite that I found at the top of the Appalachian mountains. -
Sand Head (5)
The first of this series and one of the loosest and most beautiful. This one was a sand casting and it's a miracle that it held together at all. -
Dream Body (3)
I stretched the kiln to its limits on this one. The form on the floor in this piece is a series of rib like rocks that are held together by a "body" of glass. It is nearly 5' long and sits on a bed of sand. From the ceiling drip 7' long glass stringers with balls on the ends to capture and bend the light. This was also my first successful instillation; very creepy and stunningly beautiful at the same time. -
Torso (3)
The torso piece was the larges sold piece to emerge from this exploration. It was also one of the "gassiest" pieces that I did. The result is not exactly pretty but certainly compelling as a curiosity of chaos frozen in time. The parallels to a chest cavity in both its organic nature and scale led me to the title. -
All the Rest (7)
This gallery contains all the stragglers. There were some great pieces from this series that only got one or two pictures taken of them.