On a simple level, its my medium, something that I (mostly) understand, in the same way a painter uses paints as that’s the medium they are most comfortable with.
On a deeper level; its freezing an instant of time. When I heat a rod of glass it bends and moves, in that instant it changes shape, when I stop it rapidly cools taking that new shape on permanently. It is also a material people associate with being clear, invisible, so seems ideal to portray thoughts, feelings, emotions, which are themselves are invisible and only there in a moment in time.
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Sadly I don’t have better pictures of this ‘Alien Seahuntress necklace’ from around 2013. I wanted a rustic looking necklace to look like an beachcomber on an alien world had put it togetherA series of glass shot glass, a very enjoyable collection to make as I was able to draw on my time living in Camden & the alternative community there. I even added chains & real piercing jewellery. A heavy metallic effect comes from using glass with high s ilver contentA few of the earlier punk monster glasses as I began to explore this ideaPlague doctors, 6-7cm tall, solid glass. I returned to sculpting after my final eye operation in march 2019, just a month before Covid-19 shut everything‘The Rapture’ – around 32cm tall, divers helment is guilded in copperClose up of the detail of this earlier workBaby Triffids made for Comic-con 2018, inspired by old fashioned ‘end of pier’ lampwork animalsAfter making some fun ‘Baby Triffids’ for Comic-con I was asked by an Australian Uranium glass collector to make a Uranium glass one – shown here under UV light which really makes the colour popGMO’s – Gerald the Mutant Organism (and friends) I wanted to create some fun little mutant characters growning out of lab slime & running amok. This was an early batch & started becoming quite detailed as their numbers grew. Most were no more than 4-6cm tall1950’s style Rocket Ship salt shakerDrinking guy & zombie GMO – I imaged this one was so stupid it was eating its own brainSnow globe, 11cm high filled with water & holographic style hexagonal glitterGlass skull. This was a huge amount of work, its slightly larger than a real human skull, hollow, & entirely made of individually made glass flowers. It took around three months to createNeuroplasticity, This was a 30cm diameter hollow cylinder, 36cm tall
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