In 2011, I came back to the exciting ‘hot shop’ after 30 years. It is always like a dance with silica shapes, color and fire. It's so thrilling to work quickly with hot, molten glass until it becomes an expressive, light-catching solid in motion, frozen in time.
Working with Paul Swartwood at Glen Echo Glassworks, I made miniature glass dancing dresses - or ball gowns. With these, I hoped to capture a sense of motion, fluidity and shifting rhythms of shapes. Working now in dance, clay and watercolor, these elements are still at the heart of my creative journey.
You can see us IN ACTION making a ballgown. |
