Glass is neither Solid Nor Liquid.

There is a mystery to glass. It is a jewel-like substance made from the most ordinary materials that are transformed by fire. It captures light and glows from within. Glass is a form of matter possessing gas, liquid, and solid-state properties. It is most like a super-cooled liquid and should always be held vertically.Glass, is actually neither a liquid-supercooled or otherwise-nor a solid. It is an amorphous solid state somewhere between those two states of matter. Glass is then a stable supercooled liquid, one that will remain in that form indefinitely.

Prior to recorded history, man learned to make glass and color it by adding metallic salts and oxides. These minerals capture specific portions of the spectrum allowing the human eye to see various colors. Gold produces stunning cranberry; cobalt makes blues; silver creates yellows and gold; copper makes greens and brick red.

I love working in glass and all that can be created from the medium. It poses many challenges. Perhaps that's what I love most about it.

The first step is to create a design on paper that considers overall structural integrity and cutability. Then a template is created allowing space for the lead.

Cutting glass can seem magical to those who don't know how it’s done, and downright frustrating to those who have tried it without training or the proper tools.

Glass has a tightly packed and firmly bonded molecular structure particularly receptive to vibrations. When one molecule receives kinetic energy and vibrates, so do all of its neighbors. The entire sheet vibrates uncontrollably and shatters under the pressure. Proper glass cutting technique takes advantage of this structure by creating a fault line in the material. When the glass vibrates, it breaks apart smoothly along the fault. A carbide wheel cutter is used to score the glass or a ring saw is used for pieces that are impossible to cut with a wheel. Since glass wants to break straight a "C" is the hardest to cut.

The glass is smoothed on a grinding wheel to remove sharp edges and inaccuracies in shape. The grinding also helps the adhesive copper foil to adhere to the glass. Each piece is individually wrapped and burnished. Flux is applied and the pieces soldered together.

Some of the items I sell are quite expensive, if you really want something that you would need to make payments on over a few months, contact me.

Custom orders are difficult to fill with my limited space but feel free to contact me as I'm happy to assist and if I can not accommodate you, I can refer you.

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