My current pieces are made by re-working discarded, up-cycled or unwanted pressed glassware produced by some of the best known, but now-defunct glass factories in America. Simultaneously subversive and patriotic the objects explore the texture of material seduction and recount the history of US glass manufacturing; tracing its rise, glory, demise and its influence on society. 
In my practice I rework objects currently relegated to the aesthetic dustbin of history. I reincarnate them into ornate abstractions that pay homage to the glass itself but with a reminiscent sentimentality for times past. While still containing the original spirit of the vintage glass, the well-defined characteristics of color and pattern often appear transformed into materials other than glass. Porcelain, marble and even human bone are subtly roused in the material. Seen as animate structure the forms become somewhat menacing in scale and texture. Using repetition and viral accrual, I aim for the work to be viscerally sensual, teetering between beautiful and sinister. 
In todays fast paced and throw away society seemingly mundane object from the past can be easily overlooked as insignificant. But these objects no matter how commonplace can create a powerful nostalgia that connects to our most human instinct to fit into a history, to see ourselves in a greater story. I believe that the glass I use can act as this catalyst, connecting current generations to the past and creating new fresh memories through the nostalgia of object culture.