The inflation of molten glass using glass foaming techniques mirrors the creation and aeration of lava rock in geologic and volcanic processes. This sculpture realizes the different levels of reactivity between glass color types and calcium carbonate under the same conditions in the kiln.
This sculpture marks the correlation between reactivity and glass color types through a technique where calcium carbonate “foams” molten glass in the kiln. In this case, the level of reactivity between the two materials correlates to a transition in both color and volume in glass.
Molten glass is poured into metal molds and then undergoes a change in radiant light and heat as it cools. Once annealed, the glass is structured by plastics that are painted to mark transitions in color and time.
The standard color wheel is represented in 3 dimensions with glass; complementary color transparencies align through space to create the perception of their meeting point in the color spectrum.