Lampworked refers to glass manipulated by a special torch that mounts to a table. The glass is melted from small colored rods then shaped. This gives the artist more freedom of rich detail on a much smaller scale than traditional blown glass.
The mixed media pieces are a focus for me on conflicting ideas and subject matter using materials to draw the conflict to the surface for the viewer. Each piece is meant to express two positions of a problem and demonstrate the conflict, that is all their are not meant to be any solutions only the presentation of the problem and it is for you the viewer to act on the solution.
This series is new but there will be many more as I expand the idea to include many animals and plant life in ever more complex scenes. These pieces are all mixed media with a focus on the blown glass fish, however many materials are used to create plant life and a world all its own. I am focusing on creating sea life from imagination and inspiration and less on literal translations, letting my mind create unhindered by reality yet still holding close enough to bring others into these miniature worlds.
This work speaks more to me than just artwork, it is an awareness of the delicate balance that we hold with the natural world. A coexistence with nature that we are falling short of in are duties as caretakers of this planet. The beauty of the oceans and forests are disappearing, pollution and human population are bringing the natural resources of this planet to its knees. I hope this work inspires not only awareness of the absolute beauty held by are oceans but an understanding of an ecosystem that coexists in balance with one another. All humanity can find this balance and our part in great planet.