Glass

I started making glass art in 2018 at Rochester Institute of Technology.

Flameworking is my main interest, and I spend some free time in the Bay Area Glass Institute flameshop.

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Life

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Borosilicate glass rod, soot

40L x 40W x 23H (cm) • April 4, 2021

What once was covered in spikes finds itself supporting life. Budding flowers give hope that someday the darkness will fade. Indeed, every time the piece is touched, soot rubs off and gives way to light.

photos: Jason Puglisi

Connect

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Borosilicate glass rod, other materials

122L x 15W x 3H (cm) • December 5, 2018

Viewers are encouraged to join a Wi-Fi network that controls accompanying music. Songs change based on number of connections and volume increases as devices move closer.

photos: Jason Puglisi, Madeline Rile Smith

In Case of Emergency

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Borosilicate glass rod/tubing, other materials

7L x 3W x 5H (cm) • March 18, 2019

Touch and give in to temptation. Ignore traditional rules about how art should be observed. Perhaps the best way to overcome a glass lock is to destroy it.

photos: Jason Puglisi

Tea Party

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Borosilicate glass rod/tubing, other materials

13L x 13W x 21H (cm) • April 29, 2019

Why limit yourself to dunking one tea bag at a time? Steep tea for the whole party with a simple turn of the wheel.

photos: Jason Puglisi