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A Stone's Throw Glass

Fused Glass
Fused Glass
After creating a design for glass from a sketch, I cut the coloured glass and piece together the layers of the 'puzzle'. These are fused (melted) flat in the kiln, often upwards of 12 hours to ensure proper heating and annealing for the glass. When the annealing and cooling process is complete, the flat piece gets cold-worked (edge grinding, sanding, buffing) and readied for the second time in the kiln for the slumping process. It is during this second firing that the piece takes its shape, whether to become a shallow dish, a plate, or a bowl. Depending on the size and thickness of the piece, this firing can also take upwards of 12 hours in the kiln.

When the pieces are finished, they are cleaned and ready to serve or display food, or to be used as stunning decor pieces for your home.

Fused glass panels are often fired several times (6, 7, even 8 or more) to get more detail added to the piece. The firing process can take up most of the time spent on a piece, after the initial design work is completed.
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Canada Series – Newfoundland and Labrador ·

Vessels of the Blow-me-Downs, Part 3

18”x 31” each, 2007. Framed in reclaimed oak. Sold.

Also part of Commissioned Works.

Ladies of the Tablelands

36 ¼” x 28 ¼”, 2007. Framed in spalted birch.

Available through Red Ochre Gallery, NL. Also part of Landscape Panels.

Stage Props in Cape Freels

48”x 24 ¾”, 2007. Framed in spalted birch. Sold.

This panel, Stage Props in Cape Freels was inspired by the bright and eye-catching teal-blue fishing shed with wooden herring nailed to its doors, and the wooden fisherman standing guard by his dory in a Pasadena field.

Crazy Capelin

12” x 13”, 2007. Sold.

Pack Ice - View From the Middle Mast

31” x 25 ½”, 2007. Framed in reclaimed western red cedar.

Available through Red Ochre Gallery, NL.

Pack Ice - View From the Middle Mast (2)

31” x 25 ½”, 2007. Framed in reclaimed western red cedar.

Available through Red Ochre Gallery, NL.

Net Worth

43 ¾” x 31 5/8”, 2007. Framed in spalted birch.

This panel depicts a mess of cod on the dock, the catch of the day: ‘you are what you catch’!

Net Worth (Detail)

43 ¾” x 31 5/8”, 2007. Framed in spalted birch.

This panel depicts a mess of cod on the dock, the catch of the day: ‘you are what you catch’!

Unsettling

21”x 36 ¾”, 2006. Framed in reclaimed window frame.

Unsettling (Detail)

21”x 36 ¾”, 2006. Framed in reclaimed window frame.

Caribou Moon

A Sunny Day on the Bog

Unless otherwise noted, these panels are available from the artist directly.

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