Folded

Kiln formed float glass
Created at Pilchuck summer 2025

In May of 2025 I set off by myself to take part in the first session of summer classes at Pilchuck School of Glass. It took an insightful and fun class led by Lisa Pettibone and Josh Hargrave about creative slumping. For a week we spent as much time as we could in the kiln room and shop experiementing with our projects (although there was only so much waiting you could do when waiting for kiln programs to finish! )

On the left you can see the different kiln set ups that I ran for this particular piece. It’s fun staging the kiln pieces in anticipation for how the pieces will fall. The class fully embraced gravity and how we can manipulate glass prior to the action actually happening. The finished piece is sandblasted only on one side, preserving the glossy nature to the other side. It can sit in different positions and the different textural finishes changes depending on the angle the viewer approaches from. A craft of planning and patience, you can achieve very organic forms through slumping.