Gentle Force murrini 75" tall x 3

75" tall x 3

This was mounted in the 2-sided pedestal display

The tiny Butterfly is kilncasted and then kilnformed to bend the wings into a flying position

I then installed a glass shape to the equivalent shape on the metal sculpture

Artistic Process:  The background was created with walnut transparent driftwood (textural background)

Gentle Force murrini 75" tall x 3Glass Sculpture that is an abstract representation of an oxbow elbow An "oxbow elbow" refers to a horseshoe shaped bend in a river that has been cut off from the main channel, forming a crescent shaped lake or wetland. This process happens as a river's meanders become more pronounced, and a new, straighter channel forms through a cut off loop, leaving the old meander as an isolated body of water. The term is a combination of "oxbow," the name for this