Frit de Verre Vessels

This set of vessels is made of kiln-formed botanical glass prints. 

Frit de Verre refers to the process of making objects out of glass powder without the use of a liquid binder. To make these, I harvest plants and press them into clay slabs while still fresh. Then I make a positive from the clay using either wax or alginate, and then a plaster-silica mold from the positive. When the plaster is cured, I sift glass powder over the mold and fire it in a kiln. I often fire the glass a second or third time and manipulate it while it's at top temperature to create form.