Larry Roberts

I start my sculptures by drawing a large image of how I see the final piece. The glass component is made of up to 40 layers of glass that I intricately cut, stack, and assemble in a way that creates an inner structure. I fuse the glass by heating it to 1480 degrees and then slowly anneal the fused block for up to 4 days. I then begin to polish the glass. I create the metal component by cutting and welding steel then using patinas, pigments and mediums I burn the finish onto the metal. The addition of light amplifies the structure within the glass.