After My First 16 Weeks...

After 16 weeks of consistent hot shop time in canada, a collection of pieces were assembled for a final crit. These pieces were shot, not the best of pictures, and then some were lost. Still an enjoyable collection of pieces. All in all, I would say Flemming College, located in Haliburton Ontario, provided me with a significant skills base in the short amount of time spent there.

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Randy Barba

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The Sacred Cows 1024 x 768 pixels (41 KB) 0 Comments 6.5 - 7 inches tall	Dark Ruby/White Overlayed Bowl 1024 x 768 pixels (52 KB) 0 Comments 11 inch diameter	Aqua Vase - Blue and white frits and powders 576 x 768 pixels (47 KB) 0 Comments 14 inches tall
Spiral/optic Plate (White powder overlay) 1024 x 768 pixels (53 KB) 0 Comments 2 feet diameter	Aqua/White Overlayed Spiral Bowl 1024 x 768 pixels (52 KB) 0 Comments 14 inch diameter	Aqua/white overlayed spiral bowl 1024 x 768 pixels (59 KB) 0 Comments 12 inch diameter
First Lampworked Goblet 576 x 768 pixels (28 KB) 0 Comments Bowl/Foot by John Chapman. Stem and assembly by Randy Barba (8 inches tall)	4 Amulets 1024 x 768 pixels (77 KB) 0 Comments 1.25-2 inches long	Wavey green and blue fritted platter 1024 x 768 pixels (66 KB) 0 Comments 1.75 feet across
Opticed multi-colorbar and fritted bowl 1024 x 768 pixels (69 KB) 0 Comments 7 inch diameter across shoulder

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Glass is hazardous and humbling. During the creation of the medium alone, glass must be respected; the dusty elements used to create glass are deadly. When it is molten and being worked, glass demands fire and breath. When it’s cold, it must be considered; glass loses most of its glamour and beauty after it cracks and/or crashes to the floor. When I give glass that respect and consideration, as well as provide the fire and breath it demands, I can create.

Glass is demanding. Consideration of temperature, air pressure, centrifugal force, and gravity is integral to the process of creating blown glass. I can only work with or around these properties as best I can. Although you cannot achieve total control over the medium, it is possible to come close. Perfection and persistence in form requires the ability to control and shape the glass. Therein lies my drive. It is my desire, my goal, to further improve my command over molten glass and that which affects it, without losing sight of the fact that I can never have it all.

Glass is elemental. The glass’ movements are based on physical properties, but chemistry plays a huge part in the process as well. This is very apparent when it comes to working with color. Because colors are created by adding metals to the glass, using color requires knowledge of what the colors are made of and what they will do if mixed together. I truly enjoy mixing colors in ways that people would not normally attempt. My work shows what I have learned about using color and what I am trying to figure out, both displayed through the forms that intrigue me most.

Glass is life...

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