GALLERY SHOP :: JENN BELL
Metal Artist, Jenn Bell's wall tiles are created from glass fused on copper.  First, the glass is ground finer than sugar and sifted onto a copper plate.  The drawings are made from copper wire and it's then placed in a small electric kiln .  These wire drawings sink into the first layer of glass and are filled with a different color of glass.  Jenn explains, "I wear a mask when I sift the enamel on the copper & I use pliers, my fingers and anything in my sight to make the wires do what I want.  I use dental tools to fill the drawings with the colored glass paste.  The whole process is insane!  I look like a mad scientist and spend a good deal of time crawling on the floor looking for the piece of wire I dropped but the end result is enchanting.  The wires have a way of doing what they want and changing what I want the glass to do.  I think I know what's going to come out of the kiln and then I don't!  The copper and glass get together and do something incredible and I stand back and applaud. We've learned to work together, enamel and I."  Each of Jenn's pieces are limited editions of each design and are signed and numbered. 


Jenn Bell
To purchase Jenn Bell metal pieces, please contact the Gallery Shop at 314.725.1177 x322 or by email.
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