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Windows ~1977-1984 The first 6 were made while I was enrolled in the courses of the MFA in stained glass program under Paul Dufour, at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. After I got my PhD (in physics), life intervened. | |
| This is my first window. The aim here was to learn the techniques of glass cutting, soldering and caulking. So we were limited to 12x12", straight lines only, made with 1/4" came, and glass from the scraps barrel. | 
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| The second window called for curved lines, and use of different widths of came, 12x12". I submitted this design (in watercolor). Prof. Dufour liked it, but since it was too intricate to do in 12x12", I got permission to make it 14x14". | 
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| The assignment here was to come up with a design based on Fibonacci
numbers (1,1,2,3,5,8 etc.). This number series has a connection to the
Golden Ratio. Because of the mathematical nature, I decided
to choose primary colors. In the design many rectangles with ratios
2:3, 3:5, 5:8 and so on can be found. Also the ratios of the areas of
blue, red and yellow glass are
8:5:3. This one has a title: at the time, Schiphol airport wanted
to build a (controversial) 5th runway, and the design reminded me of
an airport runway map. So this one is called 'Schiphol's 5th runway'.
32x15" | 
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This mostly monochrome window shows some of prof. Paul Dufour's
philosophy of glass design: the use of the lead as a primary design
element, and the use of lead came in a non-structural way.
Over the years this window has suffered some mishaps. 18" | 
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| 'Choose a philosopher, and base a design on his/her work'. This one
has a title: 'and Man Created the Universe'. (after Descartes).
24x33" | 
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| I made one 3D object, titled 'Crystal-Liquid Duality'. The
broken long-stemmed shotglass is spilling liquid. However, the
glass looks smooth and soft,
and the spilled liquid in contrast
has sharp angles and facets, evoking crystals.
6x9" | 
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| 'Seven years of bad luck'. This is a mirror. I had found a mirror
by the trash which had shattered in an interesting way - there were some
big pieces and this fan of narrow slivers. I used non-translucent
glass to complete the design. Because of the extreme narrowness of the
slivers, this was done in copper foil.
53x18" | 
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| (apologies for the bad image quality). I made this window for a
wedding present. The red glass is from a sheet that had fallen
in my studio and had shattered in a way similar to the mirror above.
~14x20" | 
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| This is a small window, mostly clear glass. I made two of
these for presents.
~8x30" | 
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| Another mirror. It has pieces of textured glass on top of
matching pieces of mirror.
14x39" | 
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