Blue Vessel 2
Waves and currents move through the blue waters of the ocean creating shapes and vortices that may be felt, but are left unseen. This is my impression of just one of those hidden movements.
This vessel was created with transparent turquoise glass, using a process called “pate de verre.”
The term pate de verre means “glass paste” in French and refers to a casting technique for making objects by grinding glass into a fine powder, adding a binder to create a paste, and adding a fluxing medium to facilitate melting. The paste is brushed or tamped into a mold, dried, and fused by firing. After annealing, the object is removed from the mold and finished by cold working processes.
While glass pastes have been used since ancient Egyptian times by glassmakers, pâte de verre, as it is known in modern times, came out of late 19th century France.
-Rakow Research Library, Corning Museum of Glass
6” x 6”
