Filigree Twist Foglio - Vibrant Blue A181019 Brenda York has always drawn

Brenda York has always drawn and painted faces and believes that creating narrative art is a way to attempt to make sense of our common human experiences

Larger and half sizes available by special order

The necklace features a circular concave steel pendant that has been etched to create a bold rich texture

A unique process of low temperature fusing is used to create this remarkable piece

Filigree Twist Foglio - Vibrant Blue A181019 Brenda York has always drawnThis blown glass vessel from Patchen's "Foglio" series is created with the cane technique. To make cane, Patchen encases a rod of white glass in molten clear glass then it is stretched 50 60 feet long, reducing its diameter to about the thickness of a pencil. After cooling, the long rod is cut into 6" lengths, reheated and rolled onto a molten glass bubble on a blowpipe. Closing the end creates a striped bubble which Patchen can then twist and