“Tall Green Fly Vase”
Drawings
I recently discovered a photosensitive material that allows me to carve free-hand line drawings into my blown glass vessels. The technique I use can most accurately be described as glass sgraffito, an adaptation of a ceramic technique where wet clay is stained and drawings are carved into the surface of the clay creating a two-toned image. In glass, the two-tone image is achieved by blowing a vessel with an interior color and a contrasting exterior color that serves as a skin through which I carve, revealing the interior color. The work I create using this process celebrates the union between form and surface decoration while exploring nature, human expression, and the body.