Aperture pour dishes....I made the glass first then the bowls

I have new aperture pour dishes not of the site yet but I will post them soon.... they are very nice good colour and shapes all aperture pours are unique because each is a hand made piece of glass ..... I melt the glass is a pot allow it to flow onto a shelf and then manipulate the glass multiple times to get the affect I want.... the latest dishes have been in the kiln for at least 5 separate firings.



SOLD Large aperture pour dish...means I made the glass..
SOLD small aperture pour dish $30
SOLD brown with orange and red aperture pour dish $35
SOLD blues aperture pour dish $ 35

my new mammary dishes now called Tit-o-licious Dishes

Tit-o-licious dish transparent purple with peach mammaries 10 inch $55.
Light green out side bright green interior with peach and dark brown mammaries...matched set 10 in + 7.5 in $55 + $48 each
Dark Purple 10 " $55.
sage green exterior white interior with trans. mamaries..7.5" 48
bright yellow opaque exterior and grey/blue interior 7.5" $48

Mammary dishes Sept 2007

BLUE # 1 5"mammary dish blue opaque exterior with iridescent blue interior and pink mammaries 5" $42




BLUE#2 5" mammary dish blue opaque exterior with dark turquoise interior and pink mammaries$42



LIME #1 5" mammary dish opaque lime green dish with sage green interior and pink mammaries $42



PEACH #1 5" mammary dish peach opaque exterior and ruby red interior and pink mammaries $42

Lip Service dishes 5" / 8"and 10"

LIP SERVICE....my new series

2 new large lip service dishes marigold exterior and blue interior both are 10" $ 58. + $ 48. the small one has SOLD

SOLD
RUBY LIPS PEACH DISH#1
peach opaque exterior with peach transparent interior with ruby red lips 5" $45


SOLD
PINK LIPS LIME GREEN DISH#1
Lime green opaque exterior with sage green transparent interior and pink lips 5" $45



PINK LIPS WHITE DISH #1 + #2
two white opaque ....#1 with sage green ....#2 light green interiors and pink lips 5" $45

SOLD
PINK LIPS BLUE DISH #1 +#2
I have two turquoise exterior with very dark purple interior and pink lips $45 each
SOLD

RED LIPS DISH#1 PINK LIPS DISH #2

purple exterior with very dark red interior... #1 with red lips...#2 with pink $45 each




both are sold
one 8" one 5"sage
green exterior with peach interior $42 sm $48 lrg



As you can see from this photo the final of 4 firing in the kiln is to create it's shape which is free form and therefore each own is unique in shape as well as colour and design. Each piece is an original and I will not be making a lot of these.... they are for sale as of today .
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The inverted dishes look like little hats

above and below are pictures of glass after 4 separate firing the glass is draping into the final form at 1220 degrees f

Lip Service..... Here's my new series of dishes the last few photos are just for fun they look like dolls hats upside down and I like that for some reason......all these dishes are 5"-5.5" across except for the daisy dishes ( sage green with peach interior and peach daisies ) one is 5" the other 8". They are free form and one of a kind. hope you like them

Daisy Windows $180 each

These Cedar framed fused Daisies are 19 " square all six hang together as in image below.
each window is sold seperatly for $180 each.

I am a warm ( Kiln fired) glass artist and have been for many years now. I mostly make work for myself and keep or give it away as I find my creativity stymied with the pressure of the market; what will sell, how much time am I putting into a piece, how much am I spending material costs, and the worst is....is it cost effective to change my mind when I have already used other materials. therefore I have chosen not to sell work for many years. Now I have changed my mind about selling as my house has become quite crowded, my studio is bursting at the seams as they say. I have been trying to make my glass windows with texture using multiple layers of glass and firing in a kiln at approx. 1450 degrees F. Lately I have become interested in kiln casting. which allows the window to be 3D and gives me more freedom in creating the work.

Gossip

NOT FOR SALE LEGS ONLYSOLD

Bombay gin bottle Buddha july 2007

my first 3D casting I used Bombay gin Bottles the temp of 1550 f was not high enough you can see the different size frit I used med in the head and hands up to large in the body and then pre fired cullet in reservoir no glass stuck in the clay saucer untreated flower saucer. In the last photo you can see one of the bottle necks in the "base" unemptied reservoir.

Young Mammaries with Belly Rolls July 2007 cast in the same firing as the above Bombay Buddha

Young Mammaries with Belly Rolls.......Taboo

Women and men have been fascinated and have idealized women's breasts for centuries. They come in all shapes sizes and conditions: small, large, flat, new, used, pierced, enlarged, decreased, surgically removed, hidden, restricted, exposed. Society decides on how much exposure, where and when it is respectable or legal. They are: essential, life giving, nurturing and a confronting, powerful sexual attraction.

link to our poster and artist statements

this collaboration quilt is going to be installed in the Scared Heart Children's Foundation ( sick kid's ) Hospital in Spokane Washington

The final poster:

http://amsmith.com/quilt/quiltposter2007.pdf this site you can print poster on 8x11 page .. size

The first poster :(white background) with how they were made + artist statements

http://glassquilt.wordpress.com/ the first (white background) poster with artist statements.

More Mammaries= Mega Mams with Belly Rolls

This plaster mold was from a wax pattern I made many months ago in 2006. The plaster mold of the pattern, it has been drying since Feb 1st . The longer you leave a mold to dry the stronger it is. That sure showed up in this on. No fissures anywhere. I placed powders in the areola area then laid frit into the mold to give it shading. I then place sheet glass over the frit to cut down on the bubbles and increase the transparency. It's almost finished I need to make a bead for the nipple ring. The first two torched beads I made did not work out ....try, try again...

nipple ring is on the right in the photo below, it's a biggy.

The glass unframed is 10"x12"x 1/4'"




Here it is framed approx. 13"x14"

The Quilt Collaboration

Pacfic Northwest Underwater scene
depicting my family as well

The Quilt Collaboration is a virtual quilt with 64 people from Warm glass website collaborating. Each making a 8X8" glass tile using the theme Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. It will first be shown as a photo virtual quilt. Each person is to complete the project by making tile that is personally challenging. and then photographing the work and emailing it to Toni the person putting it all the tiles together for us. Someday it may become a physical quilt..who knows.. I made an under water scene of the north Pacific coast.
I started my under water scene, witha pattern clay. The challenge for me is the longer slower, casting times ,resulting in getting more bubbles out of the glass and casting thicker and the frit/pate de verre (meaning literally paste of glass) technique. Then I filled the plaster mold with larger frit. I am happy with the result. The shells look real when you are up close and when you touch them.

Serving up Mango Mammaries

I have more mammaries to post. The originals now have a mate (hee hee) to make 5 pairs. I now have started a new set of darker coloured ones.
a quick shot of newest addition to the mam set. They are actually three different colours of brown to black but very difficult to see the subtle changes even when holding them.