“Open Form” vase, “V” vase, “Amphora” vase.

Tallest Ht 34 cm .

“Catching Dreams” series.

This design features black silhouettes running against an earthy backdrop. Blue balls dreams are falling from a layered sky.

“Catching Dreams” series

“V” vase. Ht 35 cm.

” Open Ended ” Journey series

Pate de Verre, sandblasted glass, gilded wood.

Patinated gold, silver and bronze leaves.Assembled.

Ht 65 cm.

” The Three Most Important Things “  Journey series

Pate de Verre, sandblasted glass, gilded wood.

Patinated gold, silver and bronze leaves. Assembled.

Ht 50cm.

” Too Many Choices “  journey series

Kiln cast glass, wooden base.

Patinated copper and bronze leaves.

Ht 62 cm.

“Spinning a Platter “

The very last step in making a glass platter is spinning it. To be able to “spin” the platter I have to reheat the glass until it is really hot and soft ( around 1250 C ). The fast “spinning”  allows the outer rim of the platter to open up fairly quickly.

It is still a very enjoyable process everytime I do it.

“Sand Casting”

Sand casting is a totally different process than glass blowing. Preparing the design in the sand can be very delicate and time consuming. The final result depends on the small details and patterns pressed in the sand. The casting part is fairly quick as the glass flows freely when it’s hot enough. This is a very good technique to achieve deep and precise textures .

“Glass colours “

Glass colours come in many shape and forms. Glass rods around 40mm in diameter are made by highly specialised manufacturers. These rods can then be crushed down to several size chips. These chips can be ground down into a powder. Personnaly I like using powders more than rods, it allows me to get more tone variations by building up layers of colours that interact with each other in the blowing process. Most of the time I use a combination of rods, chips and powders to get the fine details in my designs.

 “Southern Cross” Orb

This design features running silhouettes against an earthy background. They are catching bubbles falling from the sky,  4 large bubbles form the southern cross star pattern in the domed upper part of the orb.

This design, loosely inspired by aboriginal mythology has been choosen as awards by the Sunshine Coast Council for the Australian Day celebration in 2010.

24 carats Australian gold leaf inclusions.

Ht 10cm.

Close up details

“Chasing Dreams” orb.

Hand blown orb with 24 carats Australian gold inclusions.

Ht 10cm.

” The Three Most Important Things “

 Pate de Verre, Wood, patinated gold, silver and bronze leaves, sandblasted, assembled

Ht 50cm

” Open Ended “

Pate de Verre, sandblasted glass, gilded wood. Patinated gold, silver and bronze leaves. Assembled.

Ht 65cm.

” Too Many Choices “

Kiln Cast glass, Wood. Patinated copper and bronze leaves.

Ht 62cm.

” Open Form Vase “  Sunsets series

Ht 32cm

” V ” vase. Sunsets series

Ht 35 cm.

“Cylinder” vase. Sunsets series

Ht 30 cm.

“Gateway”  Guardians series.

Pate de verre, patinated bronze, wooden base.

Front view. Ht 40 cm.

“Gateway”  Guardians series.

Ht 40 cm. Back view.

“Passage”  Guardian series.

Hot form glass with copper and brass mesh inclusions. Lost wax bronze components, assembled.

Ht 42 cm.

“Inner Sanctum”  Guardian series.

Kiln cast glass with gold inclusions, patinated bronze, assembled.

Ht 27 cm.

” Celebrating ” Dreamers series

Hot blown glass with 24 carats gold inclusions.

Metal base. Ht 45cm

Stoppered Bottle from the Inland Series. Ht 20cm

Also available in this series are “V” , “Cylinder”, “Open Form”  vases.

A large orb around 10cm high is also available.

” Open Form ” vase. Inland series

Ht 29cm.

” Inland ” orb

Hand blown glass. Ht 10cm.

” Sand Casting ” in my home studio.

I really like the feel of casting hot glass into a sand box.

I have been sand casting small component for scultures for a long time.

A  few years ago I participated in a sand casting workshop in Sweden, I have been converted ever since.

At 1200 degree C the glass is becoming very fluid, flowing out of the laddle like honey on a hot day, it will take whatever shape I’ve put into the sand.

It’s a great technique to bring out textures and depth into the glass.

The frosted sand texture offers a great contrast with the fire polished side of the cast.

The larger the piece of cast glass, the longer it will take to cool down without cracking.