Alt: : Mobile Alchemy Research Station (M.A.R.S.). Photo: Luke Hall Media
A black vessel shaped like a cone without a top is covered in raised black lines—horizontal, vertical, and diagonal—that breaks the surface into triangle shapes.
A group of clear glass bubbles encased in an octagonal mirrored pedestal in a room with concrete floors and a white wall. The right half of the image is a detail of the flameworked clear glass egg-shaped bubbles.
Two abstract sculptures—one in shades of blue and the other in shades of gold and brown. Each is made of glass tubes clumped together and folded over. Copper wires straggle out the open ends of the tubes.
Three square panels, in the style of stained glass, in wood frames depict stylized figures in mirrored glass pieces outlined in red.
Scaffolding on top of a building supports neon letters that say, “All the light you see is from the past.”
Pink graffiti numbers cover the walls and floor of a room. A large white panel with black numbers leans against one wall. A monitor at the top of the wall shows the view from a rearview mirror. A pink neon yin/yang shape hangs on the opposite wall. Six pedestals, also covered in graffiti, sit in the center of the room each topped with a glass sculpture.
A jumbled heap of many colors of lit neon with plastic cords and wires and plastic toys including a brown dog, and two speakers are set atop a white platform in a white walled corner.
Three matte white cast glass cylinders each broken into two or three parts. The insides appear to be spilling out whipped white foam.
Shoelace-thin glass cane with clear, white, and black lines drizzled into a standing tall vertical sculpture that is more dense in the bottom third and has more openwork at the top.
Pink neon lights on a white wall spell out in script, “this shit is” above three realistic-looking glass bananas.
A triptych of fused glass panels made up of shards that are larger at the bottom and smaller and more clear at the top of the panels.
Dark aubergene blown glass sculpture with orange smudge on top sits on a white pedestal. The sculpture looks like an enlarged pawn piece from chess.
Dark aubergene blown glass sculpture sits atop a white pedestal. The sculpture looks like an enlarged chess piece or bullet.
A mixed-media sculpture with blue blown glass vessels and glazed ceramic in orange, red, purple, silver, yellow, lime, and light blue. The pieces are held together with metal wire and the work sits atop a small industrial metal pedestal.
A gray rectangle shows the pink silhouette of glassmakers’ jacks. Above the silhouette is the word, “Jills.”
A pink poster titled “Alternative Lexicons for the Hotshop” lists glassmaking terms divided into sections called, “Neutral,” “Feminist,” and “High Brow.” An “Expanded” section at the bottom leaves room for more.
Fragments of mirrored glass are attached to a mirror breaking up the reflection of the Asian woman looking into the mirror to apply lipstick.
A man wearing an outfit covered in mirrored hexagons and holding a mirrored staff sits on an air conditioner in a junkyard filled with TVs, computer monitors, refrigerators, and other electronic detritus.
Yellow, blue, and green glass fiber ropes woven into a fishnet-like basket that is wide at the yellow end and narrow at the blue end.
Square illuminated stained glass panel. The background is black and filled with white squiggles. The forground is a twisted yellow line outlined in black.
Marijuana pipe with lavender, red and charcoal gray glass swirls in a graffiti-like pattern.
A mixed media installation that features a mirrored staircase with bold colored carpet on the run of the stair and another print of carpet on the wall behind. Lime green light covers the entire installation.
Five exquisitly flameworked glass plants and flowers are displayed on white felt. The words in Hebrew above the plants are quotes from a 1965 field guide to Israeli plants.
A dark-skinned woman stands next to a white pedestal looking at a clump of large iridescent glass bubbles that seem to be emerging from the top of the pedestal.
Video still of hot glass being thinly drizzled into a chandelier shape against a black background.
A sheet of clear glass sits upright on a white platform. The top edge of the glass has drips of asphalt on it. The bottom edge splits a shiny black puddle of asphalt.
Glass panel assembled to look as if the viewer were looking up the façade of a tall skyskraper. Glass is in varying shade of white and black held together with grout.
Three clear glass bottles with narrow necks. Each bottle has a subtle vertical striped pattern from more complex (far left) to least complex (far right).
Five clear glass vases sit on a table. Embedded in each are rocks, broken bricks, or broken window glass causing each vase to crack and disintegrate.
A photograph of smudges on glass with a black background. The smudges resemble the shape of a glass chandelier.
Two chairs face each other, the backs approximately 9-feet high. The backs support a canopy of green glass, made from beer bottles, over the chairs.
Yellow glass vessel, with a slash near the top, that suggests the form and folds of a woman’s dress.
A patterned square of cast glass with deep sculptural forms resembling fabric sits atop a gray pedestal against a dark background.
A chubby glass monster with blue and purple horizontal stripes that look like string wrapped around it. It has black arms, and a yellow mouth, eyes, and eyebrows.
A cylinder-shaped yellow monster with red dots has black arms, a silver frown, and eyes. On its head are three red gumdrop-shaped monsters with angry faces.
A cylinder-shaped orange monster has cream vertical stripes, and yellow eyes and smile. Its black arms wrap around a green, purple, and yellow-striped smaller monster with a squiggly yellow mouth and X eyes.
Three bluish glass cylinders on a white shelf, all the same height but different widths. Above each is the name of a city and state, and to the right are listed percentages. Inside each cylinder is a piece of glass the same width at the bottom, but that ends in a point at the top.
15 bluish glass cylinders on a white shelf, all the same height but different widths. Above each is the name of a city and state, and to the right are listed percentages. Inside each cylinder is a piece of glass the same width at the bottom, but that ends in a point at the top.
A detail images of a clear glass disk that looks as it if contains thick green moss swirling around a black hole in the center.
A clear glass disk looks as it if contains thick green moss swirling around a black hole in the center.
A clear glass dome with cut vertical stripes sits atop a square green glass bottle, with red, orange and black broken cut glass shards up near the neck topped by a small piece of yellow glass shaped like a mitten.
A slate blue dome decorated with verical cuts, seafoam green cane, and a shard of glass with an orange colorburst sits atop a clear cut glass footed goblet.
A purple glass dome decorated with white, blue and lime green glass cane sits atop a cut glass flared cylinder topped by a piece of white glass with three pressed squares.
A jumbled ball of black glass belts with metal buckles sits atop a mirrored table on a parquet wooden floor in a corner with salmon colored mid-century wallpapered walls.
Triangular glass panels are hinged to create a flexible surface. The panels are screen-printed with digitally-generated filigree patterns in oranges, reds, golds, and yellows.
Triangular glass panels are hinged to create a flexible surface. The panels are screen-printed with digitally-generated filigree patterns in oranges, reds, golds, and yellows.
Dozens of drops of glass hang from a ceiling and glow with a greenish phosphorescent light in a black room.
A matte dark green glass sculpture shaped like a wine bottle with protruding rounded points sits on a white pedestal against a dark background.
Rendered in glass, a round chocolate cheesecake with white icing, and a swirl of whipped cream with a raspberry on top. The cake sits on a cream-colored square plate.
Rendered in glass, a rectangular piece of cheesecake with graham cracker crust is topped with three swirls of whipped cream each topped with a raspberry. The cake sits on a gold rectangular plate.
Rendered in glass, a round chocolate cake is covered blackberries, the center berry has a decorative gold flourish. The cake sits on a round gold plate.
A black and white frame from a video shows a molten gob of glass on the end of a blowpipe resting on a marver littered with rose petals. Scripted text at the bottom reads, “What do we leave behind?”
An installation of four organic-shaped brown glass sculptures composed of stringers of glass fused together at the ends.
24 pieces of unfinished glass in blue hues sit on a long, narrow brown table. Some of the glass is tall and square, others short and round, each a unique shape and texture.
Group of five small plastic parts of everyday objects encased in angular flat glass cases. The items include shipping tape dispensers.
A man’s hand holds a smartphone-size piece of cut glass as if taking a photo of a rocky beach. The image of the beach is distorted through the cut glass.
A curved wedge of glass perforated with cellular glass “lenses,” held together with a steel armature. Colors range from gold on the narrow ends to bronze in the wide center.
A translucent gold glass hot-water bottle stands upright on two feet that are wearing what look like work boots.
Three white blown glass sculptures made to look like slightly crumpled mesh fabric pillows. Two are narrow rectangles and the one in the middle is looks more like an inflated cube.
A blown glass cup decorated with colorful decals including the top half of a woman’s face, a black and white landscape scene, and an upsidedown anatomical sketch of a head and upper torso on a blue background.
A wire frame holds a glass eyeball with a blue iris at the top and the bottom. Another wire comes out the back of the eyeball.
Four rows of four glass crucibles shown from directly above on a grey background, each containing hardened glass samples of varying colors and some of the crucibles are broken.
A dark green glass decanter and cups, two cups to the left and one cup to the right. Each vessel has a stamped seal on the front in the same dark green glass.
Three-foot panel in a black frame is covered with fingerprint-size glass castings in shades of gray and white creating the illusion of bubbles. The bottom third of the panel is a few shades darker than the rest.
A robot encased in a block of clear glass is made from what looks like steel scaffolding and is covered in trees and plant matter. Water runs through its body around a red circular object in the center where a heart would be.
Clear glass cube—approximately 4 inches—with one horizontal and one vertical line etched into each side. The cube looks like it contains a cloud floating in the center.
Photograph of superimposed clear glass pitchers and vases faded to look almost ghost-like.
A plate of glass shows a still from a stop-motion video. Black glass frit shows a greyhound running from right to left.
A plate of glass shows a still from a stop-motion video. Black glass frit shows three sunflowers—two with heads—rising from the ground.
Six glass panels, each showing a lighter gray circle on a slightly darder gray background. Each lighter circle contains an even lighter outline of a circle somewhere within it.
A glass panel that resembles a window with what appears to be a landscape scene. A closer look shows that the scene also shows shadows and reflections of other scenes.
A glass panel that resembles a window with what appears to be a landscape scene. A closer look shows that the scene also shows shadows and reflections of other scenes.
This glass panel has a slightly sunken wavy square in the center. It is mostly yellow with large blocks of red and plum, stripes and squares of orange and blue, and speckled color throughout.
An oblong blown glass vessel with stripes of brown, gold, and orange that suggest the texture of a woven basket.
A clear blown glass sculpture has light projected through it showing the profile of a person’s face on a wall.
A balled up foam bed roll is covered in a sand-colored substance to look like a rock. It sits atop a thin black metal table with a white top against a white wall.
A round photo shows, from above, a woman’s hands reaching in from the left; her right hand holds a green glass. A hand holding a yellow glass is at the top right. At the bottom are 10 glasses of various colors. Text on the black background says, “They raise their glasses.”
A necklace made up of seven clear glass rods held together with metal rings where each of the rods meet.
Set of four short clear drinking glasses decorated with black measuring stripes that resemble those that might be found on laboratory glassware.
Set of four tall clear drinking glasses decorated with black measuring stripes that resemble those that might be found on laboratory glassware.
A person carries a large, square mirror with six colored horizontal stripes—each a color of the rainbow—through a crosswalk. The mirror reflects the façade of a neo-classical building.
A light-skinned person holds a clear glass vessel on their lap. The vessel is embedded with rocks, seaweed, and oyster shells.
An illuminated clear glass sculpture that is flat and looks like a close up of the pupil of an eye in black and white.
Three crystal glass balls held in place with silver-colored fixtures illuminated against a white wall.
A man wearing glasses is hunched over a pottery wheel forming a vessel with yellow stripes.
Five small, colorful vases look as if they have a sandy texture. L-R, they are tan and brown, lavender and gray, light green, orange and light green, and lavender, gray and cream.
Fifteen vessels of varying sizes sit on a table. The vessels are mostly white, but each has swatches of color—red, green, purple, peach—on its exterior.
Chains, wires, and metal frames hanging from a ceiling are covered with thick drips of clear and gray glass. Metal armatures on tables are also covered in strings and drips of gray and clear glass.
Oversized hand stamp with engraved glass handle and top. The stamp says, “In accordance with Sharia law” in English and Arabic around the perimeter. The center says “moujaz” in Arabic.
A woman stands on a mound of gravel surrounded by weeds and highway overpasses. Her ams held above her head, she holds a lamp with pink bulbs at both ends that looks like a barbell.
Eight tools of Chinese calligraphy, viewed from the side, are rendered in black glass with a matte finish with splotches of white along the tips and edges.
Tools of Chinese calligraphy, viewed from above, are rendered in black glass with a matte finish with splotches of white along the tips and edges.
Rectangular panel featuring 12 glass circles that resemble petri dishes. Each circle contains glass shapes and swirls in different colors as if looking at a specimen through a microscope.
Diptych with iridescent rainbows radiating out in two half circles. The glass panels are framed in thin aluminum frames and hang on a white wall.
Four square glass vases of different heights and colors—green, orange, red, blue. Two stems of purple flowers lean in the orange vase.
An oblong, organic-shaped clear glass sculpture on a white background.
A woman in a teal Arcteryx jacket and winter hat sits on a sandy and rocky beach near water with mountains in the distance. She’s holding a paintbrush and pot of melted wax and has chunks of wax sitting in front of her.
Photograph of a temple up on a hill overlooking a city at dusk. The building is lit from within and light shines through the webbed dome roof. Lights of the city and mountains in the distance are visible behind the building.
Green vase shaped similar to neoclassical style balusters. The top of the vase is very light green and changes to a very dark green at the bottom.
Oversized glass prisms in blue, white, gray, and black hang from gold chains to form a chandelier of crystal shapes.
An overhead projector sits on a white table. On the bed of the projector is a clear display case holding 20 small glass teapots which are projected onto the white wall in front of the projector.
An installation of three blown glass forms in a gallery. In the background, a mirrored silver slightly bent cylinder sits stop a matte black pedestal. In the foreground, two matte silvered forms—one a similar slightly bent cylinder, the other a half-sphere—sit atop a light wood table.
Six vessels arranged in order from largest to smallest, each in a different color—red, tan, purple, green, pink, black. Each has an oval shape protruding from its side where a handle should be.
Shaped like a pear on its side, a dark colored ribbon of glass is partially cut into three segments, each relaxing independently. Light passes through the center of the shapes.
A clear blown glass globe looks like it is being squeezed by a lattice of black bands wrapped around it.
Five angled shelves hold white trays of black glass letters. Each tray has four rows and approximately 18 compartments per row.
Square of multi-colored irridescent glass with ripples and bubbles in a thin square aluminum frame hanging on a white wall.
Square of multi-colored irridescent glass with ripples and bubbles in a thin square aluminum frame hanging on a white wall.
Square of multi-colored irridescent glass with ripples and bubbles in a thin square aluminum frame hanging on a white wall.
A chandelier with sculpted glass sausages that replace the typical ornate arms and crystals. Light bulbs protrude from the ends of some of the meats.
Nine double old-fashioned whiskey tumblers. Each is cut, engraved, polished, sandblasted, painted, or gilded with patterns that range from subtle and clear to bright blue.
Three slightly misshapen glass jugs, each with a paddle-like handle on the side. The first jug is pink with a green handle; the second gray with a pink handle; the third is teal with a purple handle.
A five-tiered gray metal shelf holds some of the raw materials for glassmaking. From bottom to top: four large molds; a variety of green and clear recycled glass; amber and clear glass vessels and pieces of flat glass; four large oyster shells; eight tall, thin clear glass vessels and a mold. On the floor are three circular molds and a chunk of rock.
Three rounded square-shaped black glass jars with gold flecks. Each jar is a different size; the lids dome up into smaller squares.
Three people stand in a dark room with large instruments made of glass during a performance.
A large pane of clear industrial glass stands horizontally upright on a rusted I-beam. One end has a sheet of metal wrapped in a circle around it held in place with large metal bolts.
Rectangular panel of glass on raw steel that shows a light-skinned man in blurred movement from the side. There is a series of numbers etched into the surface.
A slightly curved panel of glass, about 5 feet tall, shows reflections of windows, trees, a desk with a computer on it, and sky.
A bunch of clear blown glass bubbles each decorated with intersecting and overlapping dark blue lines.
A glass figure wearing a blue, white, and yellow sash holds a striped staff in his raised right hand. He is herding six glass cattle in colors ranging from brown to gold to white.