My current work and series, 'Soul Cages: An exploration of change, time, and process' is about inner life forces.
The simple bubble is the genesis of all blown forms, perhaps even the soul of glass.
I prefer blown glass forms because they capture a unique part of the hand made artistic
process - the human breath.
In this series, I've tried to 'let go', allowing the bubbles
to expand as large as they can without too much control over their shape
as they inflate in one breath. Piercing the bubbles with a flame leaves
only their pure essence: These captured forms are reduced to their absolute
basic structure or inner life force. They are not stitched or woven; but
rather blown, manipulated, and finally revealed. Layers of fumed gold and
silver amplify their ability to capture, hold, and reflect light's divine mystic qualities.