“Image and Ivory” is a new series of fused glasswork from Latimer Glass Studio. Soft shades of ivory opalescent glass frame finely detailed sepia colored drawings reminiscent of ancient scrimshaw. The surface is soft like worn beach shells and antique china fragments unearthed in a garden. This line of gently curved bowls and plates is both decorative and lovely for serving.
Latimer’s characteristic nature drawings of leaves, birds, dragonflies and patterns are carved into pieces of glass and hand colored. The hand coloring gives each piece it’s own unique shading and atmosphere. Multiple layers of glass are combined with the carved piece and fused together in a kiln. The surface of the fused glass is worked once again yielding a soft eggshell luster on the main body of the piece while retaining a high gloss in the drawings. It is then fired once more to bend the glass into it’s final form. It is a labor-intensive process, but reveals a very beautiful effect.
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