Glow Angels
Blown Glass, Time, Temperature
Dimensions Variable
2019
Furnace temperature set to 2019 F
Video Credit: Ethan Townsend
This project sketch is one interested in the color of clear glass when molten orange. I am curious to explore a monochromatic approach in generating a chance-based imaging system into the surface of molten glass inside of a furnace with a freshly made blown glass object.
Dipping into goblet lore, some of the cup-making greats are rumored to have tapped their finished cup back into the molten bed of the furnace when done making it as part of their training. It is through stories like these where ideas about exploring the palette of orange and ephemeral image making by way of this goblet folklore began to emerge. I’d like to see what spectrum of oranges the thin and thick parts of the cup would leave as it melted before homogenizing with the rest of the pot.
To begin I designed a simple top, stem, and foot scenario of a cup to repeat in five different surface patterns. These variations in surface embellishment would diversify the thick to thin spots in the cup structure and, in turn, diversify the palette of oranges left in the image made into the surface of the molten glass as they melt.
As seen in the video files on this page, we’ve only been able to tackle the “clear” cup design as our test subject so far.
Clear (no surface)
Twisty Ribbed
Straight Ribbed
Mezza (with threads)
Pineapple Divots