deensontwerp

15 August 2008

exhibition on bornholm

last week, before packing everything up and returning to Copenhagen, we had a little reception at the school on Bornholm...

the gallery hall - each of us selected some work to present

my display

a drink made with a local berry - i wish i could have bottled it up and brought some home

Johanne, Assistant Director of the DIS Architecture and Design Program with her adorable kids, and Jacob

classmates Karina, Bonnie (both from the University of Kansas) and Marian (from the Danish Design school)

traditional open faced sandwiches - tasty

Azusa and me (looking funny)

an amazing design by Paul Smith - printed knitwear

on the top of my list of favorite technicians, Uffa

some work by my classmates...

Katie, Sculpture major from Illinois Wesleyan University

Leah, Art Direction major from Pratt - a cake platter inspired by Marie Antoinette

she made all these amazing little cakes herself
ahh the sprinkles - well done!

Azusa, from my program at Pratt!
love that little shot glass that hangs off the edge of the table

also by Katie

Carrie, Jewelry major from Pratt

Marian, Grad student in Glass at the Danish Design School
her inspiration came from hour glasses, megaphones, and gramaphones

Caroline, Sculpture major from University of Maryland College Park

Leah again
this bowl holds tiny vase using magnets, the form was inspired by jellyfish

studio: ANOTHER graal

couldn't help myself - the process was so interesting
this time around i worked with Charlie to make a clear embryo with an olive green on the outside

the last couple weeks of school were busy ones which resulted in my abandonment - but i am back!

just wanted to give a recap on my 'graal' vase - i mentioned this swedish technique earlier and here are the results. there are a lot of steps in the process and i'll run through them... but you can click [here] and read more about it.

i sand blasted a design onto an "embryo" (a glass bubble is made with layers of colour(s) - this one is clear with a thin layer of white)
the sandblasting has removed the white glass so my pattern of swedish pine trees will be clear with a white background.

the embryo is reheated and picked up with a blowing pipe

it needs to be constantly reheated and blown a bit larger before gathering more glass to enlarge it

my teacher, Charlie Meaker, was blowing this piece for me - his expertise allowed him to talk on his cell phone while on his way to the 'glory hole' to pick up more glass on top of the embryo

in the glory hole - this is where it gets HOT just to hold the pipe there

after gathering another coat of clear glass you have the ability to make a larger piece - the shape i decided on was organic, round, and very pear like

you can see how the design i made will be transparent here

Charlie used my sketch of the shape as a reference. this was the first time i had worked with a master glass blower to realize a design of mine. in the coming weeks we would work with Jacob as well.