Karen Wallace

Fat, delicious, juicy cross-sections of hand-pulled patterned glass cane are the star of this bowl, accented with the rippling flow of an aperture pour. The red arrow decisively bisects a plane of black threads in pumpkin-colored glass. The glass cylinders in this bowl are sections individually cut from hand-pulled glass cane, which I create by heating glass to 1500 degrees and pulling it into rods while molten in a modern-day adaptation of the 16th century techniques of the Murano glassmakers.

A delicate river of transparent aquamarine glass runs between snowy shores. Black glass threads flow underneath, resembling a playful current. When backlight, the center glows. Fused, cold worked and slumped.

Transparent, pastel windows, reminiscent of eyes, provide a window for light to shine through. Creamy vanilla geometrics flow through and divide quadrants of blue pastel and feisty coral. Attractive from both sides, this sculpture can be used as a centerpiece or placed on a console table dividing two areas of an open-plan space. The glass disc can be oriented in any rotation and viewed from either side. Dimensions include stand.

Individual glass threads run through the center of cross-sections of hand-pulled glass cane, with cheerful marigold yellow contrasting with black accents. Across the middle, more curved threads swoop, making a visual connection to the murrine core. The glass cylinders in this bowl are sections individually cut from hand-pulled glass cane, which I create by heating glass to 1500 degrees and pulling it into rods while molten in a modern-day adaptation of the 16th century techniques of the Murano glassmakers. The gradient of murrine as it moves around the bowl reveals a chronology of the glass cane as it emerged from the crucible. Fused, cold worked, and slumped.

Stripes of creamy vanilla and swaths of delicate mint radiate from the scrumptious center of this shallow kiln-formed glass bowl. Patterned murrine nestle beside strips of vanilla floating in a field of clear glass that lets light shine through the vessel. Murrine are glass cylinders, which are sections individually cut from hand-pulled glass cane, which the artist creates by heating glass to 1500 degrees and pulling it into rods while molten in a modern-day adaptation of the 16th-century techniques of the Murano glassmakers. Fused, cold worked and slumped.

Evoking the glory of autumn, bold swaths of red and vanilla-bronze glass interlock at the heart of this bowl, surrounded by a sea of amber with delicate cream swirls. Windows of clear interspersed within the vanilla-bronze stripes allow light to shine through despite the heft and solidity. Fused, cold worked, and slumped.