Last spring I watched the Bullseyeglass online video entitled, “Harnessing Flow in Kiln-Glass.” OMG! I was hooked on trying it, and with each experiment, I couldn’t wait to try another variation. Please check out the “Flow Glass Art” page in my Gallery. My favorite piece to date is “Chasm” (shown below), and I received a lot of positive comments about it .

All year I have been showing my work to Suzie Geyer at Carolina Stained Glass, and she asked me if I would like to teach a workshop at the shop this winter. So, yesterday we had a fun day there teaching 7 students to make their own flow project. Everyone had a blast, and we are all looking forward to the kiln opening on Monday. Here’s a piece I fused last week to show the class what it looks like before and after fusing and to demonstrate the movement of copper foil fish in different parts of the project. It still needs a lot of cold working and finishing.

An exhibit about NC Craftsmen is showing now at the NCSU Craft Center until March 28. I have 3 fused glass pieces in this show including the orange green vitrigraph rod plate shown here. There will be a panel discussion about the importance of craft at the Craft Center on the evening of February 26. I will have more info closer to the date.

All my big exhibits and sales are finished for the year. The Carolina Designer Craftsmen Fair was a success and a lot of fun. I have done it for a few years, and I’m getting to know some of the other artists there. Now I am working on cleaning up my studio. I am looking forward to installing a new kiln soon as well as repairing the lid on my old one. Here are images of the two vitrigraph rod plates I finally finished just before the fair. The blue/green one sold on the first night of the fair.

I’m trying to get two “murrini” plates finished before the fair. Here are some cross sections of two of the vitrigraph rod pulls that I’m using in the plates. It’s fun, and they look amazing. But it’s a lot of work to make them.

My fellow glass artist friend Melanie Stoer is showing me how to create a vitrigraph rod. In the suspended kiln that we call a vitrigraph kiln is a flower pot with colored molten glass that has the consistency of molasses. The molten glass slowly flows down through the hole in the bottom of the flower pot, which is aligned over a hole in the bottom of the kiln. The glass hardens with exposure to room temperature and we cut off the rods and let them cool. After cooling, these rods can then be cut into small pieces. The cross sections look like Italian murrini and can be used in other fusing projects. When I finish the plate that I’m working on with these pieces, I will show you what it looks like.

Welcome to the new Vitreous Humor website and blog! I will be updating this website on a regular basis with photos of my new fused glass and cast sculpture pieces. This blog will also have a schedule of my open house shows, juried art shows, and other exhibitions.

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