Compression 25

Current world events have impacted my artworks, completely shifting my visual focus from nature to abstraction of colors.

Compression 25 is the deformation, nonconformity, of the standard square.  Intense transparent and opaque colors of stacked squares are reformed and shaped creating physical movement, compressing, and shifting colors and perspective into a unique visual pattern.

This fused glass artwork was created by stacking hundreds of different colors and shaped fusing glass.  Under high temperature and pressure, it is then kiln fired.  The final shape is diamond wet saw cut and ground smooth.  Powdered glass is sifted onto the top surface, then kiln fired again to achieve a smooth texture.  Each firing program takes from 18 to 21 hours with a minimum of 8 hours before the kiln can be opened.