Oct 19
I did this shrine earlier this year, in late spring, at the same time I did the copper queen shrine. I’ve been heavily influenced by Laurie Mika’s work, and I love her icon faces, even though I don’t much like using other people’s art in my work. So I decided to sculpt a face out …
May 19
These were made by reaming molten glass with a graphite reamer. To make the frozen drop crown shape, I pulled out petals by using tweezers, a technique we use to make easy flowers in hotshop.
May 17
I made these in an off-mandrel technique class I took at the Mest Art Center from Laurie Nessel. The technique used for this involves stringers, and it’s an excellent way of practicing stringer control. It reminded me a lot of coil building a pot.
