Crimson Fall in the Mountains

The artist uses several different techniques to achieve her version of the natural landscapes all around. Beginning with a "blank canvas" of glass (some with a background of mountain silhouettes), she decides the placement of the foreground layers and trees. The trunks are pre-fused glass powder components. All the tree branches are made from glass rod that the artist pulls into very thin branch like shapes using a torch flame. Once the branches are pulled, they are arranged onto the tree trunks. Custom color combinations of crushed glass are then placed as the ground and leaves within the landscape. The completed glass piece is then heated in a glass kiln to a temperature which gives a perfectly flat surface. Once the imagery is fused, the piece is placed back in the kiln a couple of more times in order to slump into this particular bowl shape. This piece comes with the custom metal ring stand.