Glass blown vessels

Here are some of the glass blown vessels I have made. Please feel free to leave a comment of my work and what you think of it. which ones do you consider to be more successful? etc. Again my work has been priced to show the price point of my work. This is also a guideline for potential clients I meet at New Designers London. A disclaimer to say my blog is not my platform to sell my work, it is solely used to portfolio my work while my website is under construction.

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Destruction, Manipulation and Transformation

Third year has been an incredible year and to find out all my tears and hard work have paid off with me achieving a first, I am one happy maker! Here is an over view of my work so far you can also follow my Instagram page at: @aliciawilliamsdesigns and Arts Thread portfolio Alicia Williams. All of the photo's below are priced at retail, although I am not using this blog as a platform to sell my work, I am just trying to show what my work price point while my website is under construction. Please comment about my work if you like it etc. It would be great to read your feedback. Thank-you and keep a watch for new work to be posted.

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Graduating!

So on the 14th of June I found out that I will be graduating from Nottingham Trent University with First class Honours!!!! Over the moon is an understatement! Very proud of myself and all of my fellow Decorative Arts group. Bring on the 22nd July!

Playing with Platinol to see how it oxidises with the copper. The chemical reaction between the too with an added bit of water on the brush forms all these beautiful textures and has a form of movement to the piece.

These spoons were so much fun to make! I am incredibly pleased with the outcome, beautifully made! I never thought I would have such an obsession with these spoons as I do now, so much fun!! More photos to come.  

Inspired by the exterior texture of the Selfridges building in Birmingham City UK. The bobbles formed using plaster 'macaroons' which I have formed to not look the same so they have more character and excitement.

A photo of me setting up a kiln ready for my glass to be slumped, firing schedule up to 660 degrees. fingers crossed this baby works!

Looking into the theme of architecture and textures that will influence my product range for 3rd year at University.

A day of polishing. Hand lapping and then on the linisher. Long day ahead but a beautiful polished glass piece always put a smile on my face!

Patina

 

 

 

Tried to experiment with the method of patina onto copper. The copper is 0.7mm thick so great to use with this particular method. I was considering placing these pieces into glass, and I did... but as you would expect once fired at 815 degrees (fuse temperature) the beautiful colour disappeared and the ferocious red colour of the copper was exposed. But look how beautiful the pattern is and the vibrant blue! gorgeous!

The recipe I used for this was a shallow food container with a mix of ammonia and water (do not use the container again especially for food) and then I filled a spray bottle with 50/50 salt and water. I then sprayed the metal every 30mins to an hour until my desired colour was achieved. Allow to air dry and then spray a thin coat of clear lacquer to retain that beautiful colour.

The metal above was left over night, make sure you do this in an aerated area. Safety first guys and always remember your gloves!!  

Having fun in the workshop

While investigating into the marriage of materials between metal and glass, I wanted to test the expansion rate of the metal to glass, as apparently they have the same coefficient rate! Exciting! So now I am testing out different thicknesses of metal and rolling them down to about 0.4mm thick and see how it reacts in the glass. Fingers crossed it has the outcome I am looking for!