Glorious Day A106988 Flattened glass paperweight with gold

Flattened glass paperweight with gold vines and hand-formed millefiore

Multiple firings at various temperatures help generate the tactile surface while fusing the individual pieces

and fusing of rods of glass

the colorful Turquoise Snowman is a light weight earring made with with Miyuki Beads

hand-inviting vessel shape with a torn opening from which flowers seem to explode

Glorious Day A106988 Flattened glass paperweight with gold"Glorious Day" started with a spectacular day hiking in the Cascades of Northwest Washington State. Both the artist and his brother are very familiar with spectacular mountain landscapes after many years in Alaska. But they agreed that "it doesn't get any better than this." The mountain depicted is Mt. Shuksan, east of Mt. Baker. In total, this print took a month to complete and captures as much what the artist felt as what he saw. Eleven color