Glass Lotus Window

This is Glass

It measures 24" X 24"

Just finished today, I've been wanting to do a lotus flower for awhile and went ahead and splurged on the pink glass. Pink is one of the more expensive colors to use because of the metals used in making the glass. Each color has a different chemical makeup and thanks to advancements in the glass production we can now fuse these colors together creating endless effects. Here is the lotus flower in my wooden screen which I use for shows. These glass panels can be framed into a window space, framed as you would frame a stained glass piece and hung or hung on a wall using standoffs.

 The beauty of these pieces is they will change throughout the day as the lighting changes. I remember the affect stained glass had on me when I was growing up. The colorful light cast always captured my attention.

The inspiration for the lotus flower comes from one of my trips to Bali. In Ubud I went to a gorgeous lotus garden with huge ponds and ate lunch sitting and admiring all the beautiful blooms. The lotus is used as a symbol all over the place today. It has long been considered a symbol of purity, rebirth and divinity.  In My own experience, I find that when I am deep in meditation I tend to see a lotus type image blooming over and over again, similar to the way a kaleidoscope moves. I believe that each of our chakras function this way, like a lotus flower opening. Just for fun, try and feel a blooming of energy where your third eye would be as I've described the next time you sit quietly. 

Here is the Lotus flower in the kiln before I took it out. You can see that when it is directly on a surface, the appearance has changed. 

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Bright Flowers in Fused Glass

I just finished this Bright Flowers in fused glass piece .  It Measures 24" X 24".

It's my favorite so far. I say that about every one of my pieces. Each one is my favorite at the time I'm working on it. I'm passionate about my glass work.

I feel like there is so much inside that I want to express and somehow glass seems to capture it better then any media I've used so far. 

It's the light. I love how dynamic the pieces are, how they change in the light. It fascinates me. Pulling a piece from the kiln, I feel like a child at Christmas, I never know exactly what will come out. I want people to feel happy when they see them. Does Bright FLowers in Fused Glass make you happy?  That's what I believe the purpose of art is, to get us to feel, feel beauty, feel a sense of wonder, or humor, or any number of feelings and emotions. I currently am choosing to focus on the positive emotions, but I respect an artist's need to express from the whole range including sadness and pain. 

I'm not into limitation and boundaries, so I'll create pieces that push them. Sometimes it doesn't work, but I always learn and I take that to the next work I do. I cut all the sheet glass freehand. 

I move quickly and confidently as I score the sheet and the movement of those cuts are captured in the movement of the piece. I'm not consumed with carefulness as I work, rather I'm consumed with capturing the images and feelings I have in the glass, while they are strong inside me.  As I hold those images in my mind, I transfer them to the movement in my hands. It's a flow and the end result is always a wonderful surprise. 

You can find out more about me and my art at my website: www.dreamglassbykendra.com
- Kendra Schneider