Early Slumped Glass Works
This slumped glass brooch is a softly rectangular form with gently undulating edges, its surface clouded and luminous like frosted ice or misted glass. Within this pale, semi-opaque body, bold pockets of colour emerge: two warm orange shapes at the lower right and a cool blue circular form near the upper edge. These coloured elements feel partially submerged, as if caught beneath a veil of condensation or water.
The orange inclusions glow with an inner warmth, their curved edges softened by the slumping process, suggesting leaves, petals, or embers held in suspension. In contrast, the blue form appears cooler and denser, anchoring the upper area and balancing the composition chromatically and spatially. Subtle internal textures, fine bubbles, wisps, and faint striations run through the milky glass, recording the movement of heat and gravity during firing.
Light passes unevenly through the brooch, intensifying the colours where the glass thins and diffusing them where it thickens. This interplay creates a quiet depth and an internal atmosphere, as though the piece contains its own weather.
Overall, the brooch feels contemplative and elemental, balancing opacity and clarity, warmth and coolness. It reads as a small abstract landscape, part horizon, part memory, where colour and material are held in a delicate, luminous equilibrium.