Mostly Soft Glass Lampwork beads and some sculptural lampwork too
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I've played with artistic expressions all my life. When I found out how to play with molten glass I knew I had found “my” medium at last. Melting and shaping glass, playing with color and form connects me to a very young part of myself. It is enormously fun, entertaining, and meditative. I suppose it is similar to what surfers feel when they are out there on the waves. Time slips away, and life just is. Working with the torch bends time and puts me in a space similar to the one I am in while I dream at night. I hope that when someone sees my glass work it reminds them of their childhood on some subtle level much like the one they experience when they stumble across a favorite picture book from their youth.
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| I have completed the 100 mans project and now am working on the 50 crabs projects. | |
What is Flame Work?
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Flame work which is often called Lampwork is the process of melting colored glass with a torch and shaping that molten glass. I have had the good fortune of studying Venetian techniques of creating soft glass sculptures. I use colored soda lime glass rods which are often called soft glass that come from Italy, Germany, Czechoslovakia, or Japan and melt them with my torch. The color palate of soft glass is distinctly different from that of hard, or Borosilicate glass. Kilns are used to anneal glass which makes the glass more sturdy. I am currently working to creat 50 bug sculptures. |
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Amoret@nc.rr.com |
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| I recently had the extremely good fortune of studying lampworking techniques from Lucio Bubacco and Vittorio Costantini on the island of Murano. For excerpts on Murano trip please see Molten Diva |
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