practical art

Keith Weiskamp  |  Glass

Ever since getting my hands on a blow pipe, I’ve been intrigued with the art and challenge of making vessels with unique patterns. With my current body of work, I’ve been exploring different patterns and textures that I can achieve with flat cones, murrini (a cane structure of fused pieces of colored glass) and heavy Japanese silver and gold foils. I’m fascinated with the idea of constructing vessels that I make ‘hot’ in the studio and then later deconstruct using various cold-working techniques.