Observational Photography: Geometry in nature

For my semester two project, I started by taking some photos of geometry in nature, especially sequences and symmetry. I picked this as a starting point as I really like making my art from observation, and bringing nature to peoples attention. At the start of a project, I enjoy being quite broad, to let myself go in different directions without being pinned down to a very narrow or specific theme.

 I want to look at repeating shapes, but also how these slightly change in nature and each one is ever so slightly different. This will link with the idea of sequence.

Glasswork: using hot glass

A snowball, made by spinning the glass in a hoop on the floor, to get air into it, and then the glass was gathered up and rolled into a ball using kevlar gloves.

I then had a go at gathering glass from the furnace, and using the jacks to cut into the glass, to create a blob which would snap off neatly from the iron.

I then made an icicle, by pulling the blob out with tweezers, and then sticking the end back on itself. I then put one side of the tweezers into the loop and twisted the iron whilst pulling out with the tweezers to create a long icicle.

I then made some flowers, a bird (or attempted to make a bird) and another small animal which i'm not sure what it is. I experimented getting used to using the tools and using water to make a weak part of the glass that would break off to get the piece in the kiln.