Michael Mikula - "Brite Red Outside-In" Glass Bowl

"Brite Red Outside-In"
Blown Glass Bowl.
6 1/2" L x 6 5/8" W x 5 1/4" H.


Michael Mikula

Michael Mikula is always looking up - examining the built environment for its patterns, forms, and details to spark his imagination. For more than two decades Michael has explored a process using multi-part graphite molds as a tool for introducing imagery into blown glass. He calls the resulting body of work which highlights the visual effects of positive and negative form "Architechtonic Blown Glass."

With a jazz-like sense of improvisation, Michael composes graphite molds from a large and growing library of interchangeable hand cut components. No two compositions are ever alike. After Michael prepares his unique mold compositions, he starts each blown form by capping the blow pipe with colored glass. He then "gathers" successively thicker layers of molten clear glass...

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