A couple in front of my lobby feature wall at The Peninsula Chicago (image via Pinterest)
Having created art glass installations for hotels across the country and in various public spaces, I frequently stumble across my own work as the glass backdrop to big moments in other people’s lives.
Color Field by Ivan Toth Depeña (image via The Creators Project)
This past month, I was interested to learn about Color Field, a new permanent glass public art installation at the Federal Center RTD light rail station in Lakewood, Colorado.
Robin Williams (photo by Jay Paul via NYT)
I was very sorry to hear about the passing of Robin Williams this week. A great talent, gone so early and under such tragic circumstances.
Experiments in making fused glass stripes
Often when I finish a project, I’m left with bins of glass remnants. At one point, the bins were starting to pile up, so I thought I would try a little experiment.
Art glass installation for GTECH Center
Here’s a meta situation for you: the site specific art glass shown above was inspired by the site specific public art shown below. Site specific public art inspired by site specific public art!
Stained glass window created for a private home, early 1990s
Recently I stumbled over images of this stained glass window, one of two that I created for a private home in Jamestown, RI more than 20 years ago.
Samples of fused glass
Maybe it’s the bright colors, or the way those colors make light dance, or something more nuanced about the lines – but there’s something about fused glass stripes that really capture this time of year for me.
glass pattern inspired by water
Here’s another little example of a glass pattern inspired by nature – in this case, water.
Nature inspires concepts for many of my full glass art works; but it also influences my experiments in textured glass on a more minute level.
Any time I’m developing a new work of custom art glass, I like to draft many variations on a single theme.