I was attracted to Louis Comfort Tiffany’s Flower Form because of the manipulation of color and pigments seen throughout the glassware. He creates movement in a stagnant piece through the use of color, and the ways in which they interact with … Read more

I would like to make a disclaimer before I start analyzing this piece. I went to the Ackland and took pictures, but later that day, my phone was the unfortunate victim of falling off a second-floor balcony (RIP). Unfortunately, it … Read more

  Pin-mold Vase, Gunnel Nyman, 1948. This object immediately caught my eye because of its juxtapositions. The vase appears to be heavy and study yet is filled with tiny bubbles in the glass. Each bubble is precisely the same size … Read more

The Vase with Japanese-Style Decoration, c.1880, is an object made from red glass with different elements of amber glass, gold, and enamel. The vase is a pineapple-sized container. It is a round, oblong egg shape resting on three legs. The … Read more

(I apologize for the weird camera angle. I wanted to maintain some closeness to the pieces yet still get them both to fit in the picture.) The glass pieces I chose to observe were a couple of the ones shown … Read more

I knew right away that this project would be a challenge. Upon hearing the prompt, I knew I wanted to attempt to create a fully closable box. Without the use of screws or glue, the only way to make sure … Read more

When I first approached the fragment of wood to be made into a container, I immediately thought of clams. Clams use little surface area to create a rather large inside space due to both of their shell’s convexity. With minimal … Read more

As someone who’s always been enamored with the idea of living a transient, minimalist lifestyle, I knew from the beginning of this project that I wanted to make a container that could be easily taken apart and put back together. … Read more

Carpentry and power tools are not something that are new to me. I use both regularly as a prop designer. But when given the task of using NO fasteners, I immediately jumped to joinery, something entirely new to me. As … Read more

This project was a exercise in continuous readjustment. After finding out that the piece of wood we were each given was a little unconventional—or, at least, not a fully smooth and processed block of wood—I had to come up with … Read more