My work now involves creating unique mosaic art with intricate shattered glass pieces from recycled sliding glass doors. Using materials such as paint, fabric, ribbon, patterned paper, colored foil, drawings, photographs, and printed text, I create a collage on a clay piece I have made or on a wooden object. Each piece is then made complete with a cover of clear tempered glass that I apply to the surface and then the piece is grouted and sealed. The glass opens up another dimension within each piece, where colors sparkle and textures and patterns dance. Due to the fact that the thick pieces of shattered glass often contain webs of internal fractures, the pieces have an unusual and extraordinarily refractive quality. The way the eye is drawn to the piece due to the play of light on the surface of the glass and then subsequently drawn in to the depth of the piece and what lies beneath the surface, are what keep me endlessly intrigued with the process and the possibilities.
I hope you enjoy my art.
