Tapestry Series – Greens Fused Glass Plate

Description

Starting with an extensive palette of sheet glass, artists JJ Brown and Simona Rosasco begin by creating kilncast “pattern bars”. Pattern bars are built by stacking or laying vibrant, multihued glass into molds made of high temperature materials. These molds are then fired in a kiln, at temperatures approaching 1600 degrees, creating solid glass bars of interesting and unusual design. Slices of these bars, cut with a wet diamond saw, become “parts” which are included in the designs of flat panels and fired again creating the unique, intricate patterns found within their work. The final piece is a colorful flat panel.

For our newest series of work, called Tapestries, we create a ”pattern sheet.” These are composed of approximately 200 colored glass stringers in a variety of colors (Stringers = 1mm “spaghetti-like strings” of glass about 16 inches long), placed on a sheet of clear glass. This pattern sheet is fired, cut into slices, and rearranged into a finished, usually geometric design. The finished piece may be a panel, plate, or bowl.