Moving along on these wall sculptures! I was inspired by some flowers I saw while out for a walk one day. While those were bright purple, my client asked specifically for oranges and yellows so I created these little lovelies. I had previously welded together a sort of "flower skeleton" with stems (made out of large drill bits) and flower tops (made from steel washers). Those create the forms to which the glass attaches. I had some fun smashing apart an empty bottle of scotch so I could flatten it into a leaf-- that's the more transparent one on the left. Then to give it a bit more of a leafy look, I painted some veins onto it and another leaf I made out of opaque green glass. I have some more glass flowers in the kiln right now, slumping into and over molds to get a bit of shape. And earlier this week, as I was digging through my metal, I discovered a steel colander which has a similar shape and holes like this wok and I am working on a design for a large, glass sunflower that will go into that.  I love the way the delicate glass flowers contrast and play off the solid steel upcycled parts. To be continued...