Vetrograph - Glass Manifesto

Red Vetrograph by Anne Clifton. A tall open handblown glass vessel with an acid etched finish of flameworked glass in an abstract pattern. The colour scheme is a red base with grey, white and black abstract highlights.

Burnt Orange Vetrograph by Anne Clifton. A tall open handblown glass vessel with an acid etched finish of flameworked glass in an abstract pattern. The colour scheme is a burnt orange base with grey, white, pale blue and green abstract highlights.

Aqua Vetrograph by Anne Clifton. A tall open handblown glass vessel with an acid etched finish of flameworked glass in an abstract pattern. The colour scheme is a blue aqua base with green, white and brown abstract highlights.

Yellow Vetrograph by Anne Clifton. A tall open handblown glass vessel with an acid etched finish of flameworked glass in an abstract pattern. The colour scheme is a yellow base with blue, green, red, white and brown abstract highlights.

Traditionally my work centres around vibrant colors layered within thick clear glass to create visual complexity.

But a change in our studio location and perhaps and even deeper change within me (as reflected in macro form by the Pandemic) served as a catalyst for transformation of my artistic expression.

I began to externalize those vibrant layers, stripping away the glassiness to reveal a nostalgic connection to my ceramic roots.

This return to my origins marked a significant shift in my ongoing creative process, leading to the emergence of a new form that seamlessly blended the ceramic aesthetic with this unconventional approach to glassmaking and conceptual art.