Cold Shop

  The Cold Shop is outfitted with: 

   - 24" flatlap with diamond and pre-polish pads and a felt pad.
   - 2 sided glass lathe-Covington-  36" arbor.  lots of various wheels.
   - Graves cabochon small lathe with nova diamond wheels
   -  10 " diamond saw . MK101 .
   -  4 mm to 4'' diamond core drill bits and drill station.

  The other nearby location has:

  - 104 '' wet vertical belt sander
  -  Rayzist pressure pot sandblaster.

24 " Flatlap -

36" arbor glass lathe

Cold shop mascot

 

Eternal Plumes series- Tusk's

Ram's horns and more art in progress

Working in the glass hot shop

                                    John Gibbons and I on a Lion Vessel-

                               Helping John with one of his Starfish Waves-

                                            Sculpting a glass feather-

                                        Always happy to be in the glass studio-

         Assisting John Gibbons with another one of his Starfish Waves -  its always a team effort.

                              ABSTRACT BIRD series

 I ve been working on a series dealing with relationships between cones and spheres.  The bright colors and graceful like shapes have taken on a resemblance to birds, so it was only fitting that the series is called the Abstract Bird series.    Combining several traditional venetian glassblowing techniques - encalmo, cane roll-ups, and then hand engraving a portion of them in the battuto style adds to the series a more refined artistic style.

Vanilla Bean Series

 

                       Vanilla Bean Series


                                     This new series of vessels and forms were inspired by one of my favorite color combinations of soft whites and golden ambers.  They are wrapped in Japanese sterling silver, they give off the most beautiful glow when the light shines through them.  All the forms are hand blown at McQuade Glass Art studios in Encinitas , California.      

new batch of abstract flowers

Raspberry Sherbet and Ruby Red hanging flowers