Crimson Fall in the Mountains P08395-P00040 The artist drills

The artist drills

the largest lake in South America

An acid-etched finish gives the golden autumnal glass a soft

and then each hole is painstakingly enlarged and smoothed when the clay is bone dry

Crimson Fall in the Mountains P08395-P00040 The artist drillsThe artist uses several different techniques to achieve her version of the natural landscapes all around. Beginning with a "blank canvas" of glass (some with a background of mountain silhouettes), she decides the placement of the foreground layers and trees. The trunks are pre fused glass powder components. All the tree branches are made from glass rod that the artist pulls into very thin branch like shapes using a torch flame. Once the branches are