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Seekers® Glass Gallery presents the
work of Jane Tivol, who creates a series of original designs in fused glass. In
Jane’s words : “I have always had a passion for glass. I am fascinated by
the way it is so comfortable in its natural, molten, fluid state. At the same
time it looks right at home in it’s “super-cooled” solid state.” Glass
that has been formed using heat processes such as a torch, a furnace, or a kiln
seems to retain a quality that makes it appear to be trapped in a state
somewhere between liquid and solid. “
Jane produces a series of fused and slumped
glass table top items using dichroic glass as decoration. The word dichroic is
Greek -- di means two and chroic means color. Dichroic glass was developed in
the 1960s for use in high technology applications. It manipulates light in two
ways, transmitting one color while reflecting another. It appears to change
colors when the viewer moves in relation to the piece, providing a kinetic
effect. Dichroic glass offers a new dimension to contemporary art glass.
Dichroic glass has been coated with thin films of metals. The metals are
evaporated and vacuum deposited onto the glass to such a fine degree of
thickness that certain wavelengths of light will pass through and others will be
reflected.
Glass fusing and glass slumping are popular
terms for the kiln-forming of glass objects. Fusing and slumping of glass was
known to the Egyptians and Persians around 4,000 to 5,000 years ago – at least
2,000 years before the advent of glassblowing by the Romans in the first century
AD.
The artist begins each piece by hand cutting
elements from high quality sheet glass, then placing them over handmade molds.
After she has cut and arranged the glass elements in a single sheet or the
layers that will melt and form her preconceived design, the artist places the
glass in the kiln. The glass to be fused or slumped is placed on forms the
artist has made from iron, ceramic, kiln-wool and other materials that will
withstand the high temperature of approximately 1400 degrees Fahrenheit.
Her work has been shown at museums, fine
galleries and juried exhibitions throughout the
United States
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