Early Slumped Glass Works
This is a smaller version of the Les Petits Bouts Bleue glass brooch. The brooch is a bold, linear composition built from three elongated vertical elements in translucent green, aqua, and deep blue. Their softened, rounded forms rise like pillars or reeds, gently uneven at the top, giving the piece an organic, hand-formed presence rather than strict symmetry.
Running horizontally across their centre is a dark band of fused black glass segments, acting as a visual and structural anchor. This horizontal element compresses the vertical forms together, creating a strong cross-like rhythm that balances upward movement with containment. Where the dark glass intersects the coloured columns, the surface thickens and becomes more tactile, revealing the molten flow and subtle distortion caused by the slumping process.
Light passes differently through each colour, cool blue appearing denser, aqua luminous and watery, green fresh and translucent, so the brooch shifts in character as it moves. The interplay between vertical transparency and horizontal opacity evokes ideas of connection, binding, and balance: separate elements held together through tension and fusion.
Overall, the piece feels architectural yet organic, like a fragment of stained glass or a symbolic marker. It translates simple geometric relationships into a contemporary, wearable form that emphasises material presence, colour resonance, and the quiet strength of alignment.