Lumina is a mixed media sculpture that consists of 11 hot glass castings and a 12-foot hand made steel frame. Each piece of glass was hot poured into the crevasse of a naturally fallen log. This process was repeated until the wood could no longer hold the glass.
As individual castings, each are approximately one foot wide and six inches in length, standing approximately three inches in height. All are individually tension set onto this tall thin steel frame in chronological order. A conversation about time and repetition divulges the impressions that are left on our environment. The concept of the human experience versus Mother Nature lends itself to the creative process of Lumina.
This work is not about making choices or to manipulate a specific form from the glass. The variables that stay the same throughout the process represent the pulse of time. This allows the glass to have its moment inside the wood, devouring parts of it with its supreme heat as a reflection of the effect we have on our environment. The wood speaks to the impact left on Mother Nature. The impressions that are left in the glass are an imprint of its interaction with the wood, forever preserving parts of it.
Conversely, the glass represents industry and how all-consuming we can be as humans. Lumina is a collection of frozen moments in time that offer us an opportunity to examine one's impact on the environment today, displayed vertically, not unlike the vertebrae of the backbone of Mother Nature.
