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Aquos Rectangle
19 x 7 x 5
Hand-shaped glass off the pipe, with a triptych coloration including gold and green aventurine and a multi-layering of sterling silver leaf and white cane. Cut and polished top.
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Borsetta Window Series
13 x 10 x 4
Hand-shaped glass off the pipe, with a coloration created by layering the background palette of chocolate brown, turquoise, and sterling silver foil, over the foreground, resulting in a final composition viewed only through the front; through the clear glass “window.” Cut and polished top.
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External Aliyah Emperor Bowl
7 x 6.5 x 6.5
Hand-shaped free blown glass off the pipe with an external coloration of sixteen multi-layered colors of various particle sizes in powder, cane, and frit. In the reheating chamber the gas and oxygen environment is changed to an all gas flame, creating a reaction from the metals in the coloration, similar to a raku technique. Cut and polished top.
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Atlantis Emperor Bowl
7 x 6.5 x 6.5
Hand blown free form glass off the pipe, with a coloration of glass powder and frit including gold and green aventurine, multi-layered with sterling silver leaf and white cane. Cut and polished top.
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Gold Ruby Emperor Bowl
7 x 6.5 x 6.5
Hand blown, free form glass off the pipe, colored with gold ruby frit and a multi-layering of sterling silver leaf. Cut and polished top.
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Sahara Emperor Bowl
7 x 6.5 x 6.5
Hand blown, free form glass off the pipe, with a multi-layering coloration built from glass rod, earthtone powders and frit, black cane, gold ruby frit, and multiple sheets of sterling silver leaf. The coloration is finished with a band composed of seven glass powders producing “brush stroke” striations. Cut and polished top.
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Sahara Flat Vessel
13 x 10 x 4
Hand-shaped free blown glass off the pipe with a multi-layering coloration built from glass rod, earthtone powders and frit, black cane and gold ruby frit, and multiple sheets of sterling silver leaf. The coloration is finished with a band composed of seven glass powders producing “brush stroke” striations. Cut and polished top.
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Masala Rectangle
18 x 8 x 4
Hand-shaped free blown glass off the pipe with a multi-layered coloration process using seven different glass powders applied one teaspoon at a time in the style of a Tibetan sand painting. A final coloration layer of large gold aventurine frit, apricot, gold ruby, and hand cut sterling silver foil is encased in a layer of clear glass. The Masala Rectangle is offered with either an angled, straightforward, or compound faceted cut and polished top.