Early Slumped Glass Works
This slumped glass brooch is a vertically layered composition that feels geological and fluid, as if formed by slow sedimentation or the movement of water over time. Two overlapping planes of translucent, milky glass create depth and a sense of internal layering, with one sheet slightly offset from the other, revealing the edge and thickness of the material.
Embedded within the glass are clusters of cool-toned inclusions: pale aqua and turquoise glass beads, and deeper indigo lapis lazuli fragments that resemble sea glass, ice, or mineral deposits. Some elements are softly rounded and clouded, while others appear fractured and crystalline, catching the light with sharper reflections. Their distribution feels organic rather than ordered, as if settled by gravity.
Subtle folds, ripples, and variations in thickness run through the glass, recording the moment of slumping and giving the surface a gentle, tactile unevenness. Light passes through differently across the layers, creating areas of glow and shadow that shift as the brooch moves.
Overall, the piece reads as a small abstract landscape, part shoreline, part ice floe, part mineral vein, where transparency, layering, and soft colour harmonies evoke fragility, depth, and quiet transformation.