Melissa Schmidt

Glass and it’s limitless color, form and texture possibilities continue to inspire new and exiting ways of expressing it’s beauty.

My newest work focuses on increasing the depth of design. Bringing techniques and designs from seperate pieces together in a way that enhances character. A single simplistic form made of many inticate individualy designed units. Techniques and materials: Lamp- worked hand blown and annealed borosillicate glass bubbles with powdered colored glass, frit glass, silver nitrate, slide film, paper images,cultured pearls, glass texturizing and gold foil.