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.
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