Beach glass is a sought out treasure today but when it was originally tossed, it was just a piece of junk, trash, unwanted waste. In my previous post, I mentioned my love for beach combing and that I was going to show work that included some of my finds. These beach glass shadowboxes have some cool history in them that I will include below.
The idea was not totally mine, I’ve seen similar ones online. I just loved them so much that I decided to create several and make them my own.
The art is nestled in a wood frame between two pieces of glass. I cut out a window in the piece of paper so that the translucence of the green glass (the leaves) could be seen when put in front of a light source. They look nice on a windowsill.
These pieces are special and unique because they were handmade entirelty by me and my husband. Nick made the frame from black walnut limbs cut from our backyard. He also cut all the glass from old windows we had at our house. The green glass was collected over many years when visiting our family in Western NY <3. A few, very special pieces of pottery I used were from my aunt, who is also an artist and gave inspiration to the naming of, The Studio House. Auntie Lu was an art teacher for many years and her speciality was ceramics. Several years ago she gave me all her teaching supplies. In these supplies were boards of small glaze samples she made by hand. Students could look at the board to pick their glaze before applying it to their piece (glaze looks very different before and after being fired). I just loved them so much and knew I could use them in future work. There are a few flower pots that I made from her samples. I will list them in the photo description.
Potted Plants on a Windowsill:
The Studio House 