Category Archives: Glass

These swimmers have a certain sophistication about them. . .yet they also have a whimsical tone. It’s a good combination.

Georgia Adjusts Her Swimsuit

Team Spirit

Glass artist Karen Buhler started blowing glass in 1980. She took to flameworking boro glass in 1998 and finds the process lets her slow down and relax – a meditation of sorts that allows her to work meticulously as she crafts the hollow figures.

Clair

Wendy

Group Study

Poolside

Betty Warms Up

“Always striving for aesthetic appeal and classical elegance, I can’t help but inject a little humor, fun, and the joy of the human experience into my creations.”

 

Karen Buhler’s website

 

While researching this morning’s artist I came across the undeniably amazing fused and kiln formed orchids created by glass artist Laura Hart. Each flower petal is fired four times to achieve the colors and details, then they are fused together before final touches give the blossoms life.

The orchids measure 10″ by 2.5″. So lovely. . .

 

 

“Each delicate bloom is hand cut, cold-worked and kiln-formed from wafer thin layers, with hair-fine, flame-worked strands of glass meticulously laid in place to create subtle veining.”

 

 

“Inspired by my love of flowers, particularly orchids, my sculptural flower collections combine several glass fusion techniques. Emulating the delicate, ethereal translucency of flower petals, I recreate the living structure as it forms in nature, so that backlighting reveals every gossamer detail through the layers in a diffused spectral glow.”

Laura Hart’s website

 

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The Peace by Piece Project is well underway – take a look at what we are selling to help cover the cost of shipping the debris to artists around the country. New items will be added as they become available.