Pasta Bowl with Handles Blue Glaze painting The Optic Vessel series feature

The Optic Vessel series feature hand blown glass with diamond textured translucence

combines the dream images of surrealism with the techniques of superrealism to create still lifes with distinctly American roots

Only one in perhaps 500 hard maple trees will exhibit this pattern

the smell and viscosity of the medium are very different from other painting techniques

Pasta Bowl with Handles Blue Glaze painting The Optic Vessel series featureMaker :: Earth Tones Pottery Size : 10' diameter X 3" height "I have always enjoyed the decoration of my pieces as much as the throwing process. I combine four to five glazes in order to obtain the gradual shading I want. The most interesting glaze, which causes the dripping effect, is made from wood ash collected from my wood stove." Francine Zajac