This is craft fair treasure number two; a lovely fused glass plate made by Philip Doucette.
I asked him how he made this and he told me it was made with several different pieces of glass that were cut and fused together with high heat. It is heated the first time to fuse the glass, then it is heated again over a mould which the piece slumps into to create it’s form. The glass has to be treated gently and cooled slowly because at high temperatures the molecules tangle.
He also told me that this particular plate was inspired by the colours of the valley here in Nova Scotia. In case you are’nt familiar with the valley it is a lovely, fertile part of Nova Scotia with apple orchards, green farms, earth and mild weather. I can’t help but think of cascades of apple blossoms when I think of the valley. This plate looks like it’s captured a ray of valley sun shine.
(click through the thumbnails below for a better view.)
