On Friday September 10th, 2021 I was honored to give my first LECMO at The Sonoran Glass School. LECMO is a combo ‘Lecture’ (or Artist Talk) and a ‘Demo’ in the Hotshop. I gave a brief talk before I made two mold-blown glass pieces in front of an audience.
The first piece was from my series “Weaning Vessels” and the second piece was made with a new process to really showcase experimentation and collaboration. The mold was made from my hand clasping my daughter’s. Jason Marstall and I made two separate, different colored bubbles to blow at the same time in the mold. We were assisted by Lauren Steinert, Tom Hodgson and Paul Anders-Stout (who also was the MC for the event). You can see in the photos we used ‘puffers’ (they look like the end of a blood pressure cuff) because of Covid. I actually learned to blow glass this way and not in a traditional way of using your mouth to inflate the glass.
Thank you to the Sonoran Glass School and Director Lynne Davis for your invitation and your support! Thank you to all friends, family, and glass/art lovers who attended!
