Crystalline Glaze Paintings

Crystalline Glaze Paintings:
dimensions: wall pieces up to 36” wide/tall, average crystal size, 2” diameter.
Photographs and light boxes of details range in size.
Zinc silicate crystals are formed at 2000f on an undulating sheet of clay. By slowly cooling zinc glazes, the chemicals are allowed to form crystalline structures; rings of color are created at different temperatures. The slanted clay surface directs crystal growth and utilizes gravity to influence the final concentration and geological pattern.

Abalone 14x20x4 in.jpg
Abalone 14x20x4 in.jpg
Birth of Opal 22x12x3 in.jpg
Birth of Opal 22x12x3 in.jpg
Birth of Opal detail 6x8 in.jpg
Birth of Opal detail 6x8 in.jpg
Crystalline Glaze detail 8x10 in.jpg
Crystalline Glaze detail 8x10 in.jpg
Eagle's Return 13x20x3 in.jpg
Eagle's Return 13x20x3 in.jpg
Glaze detail 8x10 in.jpg
Glaze detail 8x10 in.jpg
Heart of Opal detail 6x8 in.jpg
Heart of Opal detail 6x8 in.jpg
Inside Abalone 13x22x4 in.jpg
Inside Abalone 13x22x4 in.jpg
Inside abalone detail 8x10 in.jpg
Inside abalone detail 8x10 in.jpg
Inside Sapphire 12x22x3 in.jpg
Inside Sapphire 12x22x3 in.jpg
Inside Sapphire detail.jpg
Inside Sapphire detail.jpg
Malachite 's Cave 16x24x5 in.jpg
Malachite 's Cave 16x24x5 in.jpg
Mercury Dance 14x20x4 in.jpg
Mercury Dance 14x20x4 in.jpg
Mercury Dance Detail 6x8 in.jpg
Mercury Dance Detail 6x8 in.jpg
Mercury Dance installed view 14x20x4 in.jpg
Mercury Dance installed view 14x20x4 in.jpg
Opal's Flight 15x20x4 in.jpg
Opal's Flight 15x20x4 in.jpg
Opal's Flight detail 6x8 in.jpg
Opal's Flight detail 6x8 in.jpg
Opal's Return 12x20x3 in.jpg
Opal's Return 12x20x3 in.jpg
Pluto's Lights 14x20x3 in.jpg
Pluto's Lights 14x20x3 in.jpg
Pluto's Lights detail.jpg
Pluto's Lights detail.jpg
Sapphire's Return 16x24x4 in.jpg
Sapphire's Return 16x24x4 in.jpg
Slipper's Playground 20x14x4 in.jpg
Slipper's Playground 20x14x4 in.jpg
Slipper's Playground detail 6x8 in.jpg
Slipper's Playground detail 6x8 in.jpg
Winged Water 18x24x5 in.jpg
Winged Water 18x24x5 in.jpg
Winged Water detail 6x8 in.jpg
Winged Water detail 6x8 in.jpg