Orange Artifact Surfboard II

Bright red-orange ripples, sparkling iridescence, and complex patterned murrine abut a grid of gray tiles seamed with black mortar. Glass powder wafers stand proud of the surface, inviting you to touch them each time you walk by.

The glass cylinders are sections individually cut from hand-pulled glass cane which I create by heating glass to 1500 degrees and pulling it into rods while molten in a modern-day adaptation of the 16th century techniques of the Murano glassmakers.

Fused, cold worked and slumped in a shallow curve, this piece stands 1” off the wall on a round metal cleat.