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Glass amazes me.  After working with it for 10 years, I can still be surprised by it.  I love being able to control it to get exactly what I want, but I also love stacking up the glass, turning on the kiln and 12 hours later being surprised when I open the kiln lid.

Inspired by the old growth forests in Humboldt County where the ferns are as big as cars and the Redwoods as big as mansions, I loaded my kiln with different greens and browns, closed the kiln lid, sacrificed wine to the kiln gods, and turned it on. 

The next morning I jumped out of bed, just as excitedly as a kid on Christmas morning, and rushed to see what the kiln gods had left for me.  A circle of beautiful greens and browns…and I couldn’t wait to cut it up!

The first thing I made was this sushi plate to represent the ferns

 Then this plate representing the trees

 Then came the fun pendants.  Here is a sampling of what I made.

 

I know this doesn’t fully explain my obsession with glass, but I hope you can now see how much fun, and how amazing, it can be.

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