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December 2004

I am in the process of renovating my web page. I will send out an email when it is ready. In the meantime...here's my favorite from last month.

November 2004

After two months of computer problems, I am ready to go again. I am starting with the photo below, which is the finished piece of a piece I posted back in August. If you scroll down to August you can see the changes made for the completed piece. This piece is now in an exhibition in Mexico City.

 

 

 

September 2004

This is a new lamp I engraved on a form blown this summer at Pilchuck. There are 4 views of the lamp.

front view

left side

right side

back view

August 2004

I had a great time at Pilchuck this year, as always.

During the class, I made some graal pieces that I will show below...

eagle ray vase

turtle vase

The following piece is a work still in progress. I engraved the statue of Chac-mol, Mayan God, on a flat piece of glass. Then I reheated the engraving, and picked it up on a hot bubble on the blow pipe, and blew the form. I put white glass over black glass on the surface. I can now return to the engraver and add more engraving outside of the original engraving.

I am also happy to say that I did a collaboration with another instructor, Davide Salvadore, from Murano, Italy. I engraved a cup shaped blank with roman columns and the statue of David. Davide then made up his cane work, and dropped into the preheated cup, and blew the piece out.

collaboration

One more to show you. I tried a new combination of colors. This piece has blue and white on the surface, and a layer of transparent brown on the inside. I engrave the front, then turn it around and engrave away the brown in specific ares to give another tone to the lamp.

 

 

July 2004

 

July's piece of the month will remain until mid August as I will be at Pilchuck teaching a class...

Working more with the idea of illuminated rock pieces, I have come up with a "frame" for the piece that also houses the light source. The wood is mahogany, and the interior white is painted plywood. They can be wired direct or with the cord and switch as shown. There are 5 fotos of two different pieces.

 

light off

light on

side view w/light

light off

light on

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