Creating a Colorful Abstract Bowl

an orange and blue fused glass abstract bowl sits on a wooden tablen


I wanted to create a colorful glass abstract bowl, a one-of-a-kind piece of glass art that could be functional.


I started with cutting a rectangular piece of persimmon glass as well as a base of clear. In previous pieces, I loved how the persimmon and turquoise colors worked together and often created a gradient. But that effect was created by using only glass powder and sifting one color next to or over the other, multiple times. For this project I used opaque art glass and glass powder. The painting was created by using a paint brush to draw the pattern in the glass powder.


Since this was an odd shape for any mold I have, I decided to drape it over an abstract draping mold. Since it was a different cut than what should be used, the glass draped to a slightly different form, more open with fewer sections.


It's a very interesting piece that can serve as glass art, a candle holder or a countertop bowl.for fruits and veggies.


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