Wall Art
The pieces included in the wall art category include many of the same design processes as vessels. Many wall art pieces remain flat, some have slight curves. All have hanging hardware so they are ready to mount or hang on a wall.
Mirrors
Glass Flowers
Photo Transfers on Glass
I take the photo and enlarge it in Photoshop. Manipulating the photo, I made a silkscreen with the image on it.
The frame around the piece is constructed with glass created with the flow slab process. After firing the flow slab, the sections used in the frame are cut off the slab with a wet tile saw, laid up in a pattern, and fired to the base glass at a temperature that created a glossy finish.
After applying glass powder through the silkscreen, I fire the piece at a lower temperature, creating a glossy frame with a matte photo in the middle.
On "Eugene Before the War"
My sister and I were going through family photographs one day and we found a photo of my grandfather in his World War I uniform. I knew my grandfather as a much older man and I was taken by his youth and vulnerability in the picture. As a student of history I also thought deeply about the terrible situations this young man was about to encounter in World War I. My grandfather was a beloved figure from my childhood; I wanted to create a glass piece that would honor him. Using this particular photograph seemed like a perfect idea.
This finished piece is hanging in my studio and reminds me daily of my grandfather, Eugene, whose life and experiences as a young man are mysterious and unknown to me.