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Glass Art by Barbara Galazzo

Glass Art
 

Glass Art by Barbara Galazzo

BARBARA GALAZZO

“My work is a celebration of color…”

Nearly 4,000 years ago, fused glass-rare among glass forming techniques-was created in Egypt and Persia. The ancients valued it as semi-precious, since it was a painstaking and difficult process. Repeated cooling, cutting, layering and re-melting produce unique pieces with incredible depth and variety.
 
Barbara’s latest work is the creation of vessels, which combine fusing with slumping flat glass in a kiln. Glass pieces are cut to a design, with two or more layers of glass fused together to form a whole. Once fused, each piece is then re-fired and slumped over or into a mold to achieve its final shape. The current “Collage” series employs precise cutting to produce harmonious patterns; depth is achieved by layering up to five colors of glass, resulting in work combining hundreds of cut pieces.

Glass Art by Barbara Galazzo
 
Barbara uses kiln carving, a technique whereby the glass is fused over a relief to give the appearance of being carved. The technique of sagging is also part of her artistic vocabulary. Here, gravity is used to shape the molten glass. Fusers do not often use this process because it requires a great deal of attention to the kiln and precision in the melting process. The result is like blown glass, with an elongation of patterns against a backdrop of translucent colors.
 

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Glass Art by Barbara Galazzo
 

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