Original artwork description:

Cane based, free blown, remelted waste glass vessel.
I'm a bit mad about seagrass. Its a wonderful, often overlooked ecosystem in our ocean environment which plays host to a myriad of wonderful creatures, as well as
sequestering carbon, reducing pollution and being remarkable as the only flowering seaplant. Each work is made in a 2 stage process which starts with making canes
to create the sense, colour and texture of the seagrass from an underwater perpsective. These canes are cleaned, placed and picked up on a blowing iron, melted and overlaid with further canes to create depth. Each piece is then free blown to its final, organic form. The bottoms are ground and polished to finish. The process itself ensures that each piece made is unique. This collection has been made with repurposed and re-melted waste glass, part of the sustainability initiatives within my practice.

Seagrass photos by Stephen Heaton

Materials used:

Waste glass

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