The Creative Process
Kiln-formed Artwork
Scandia uses Oceanside Compatible™ sheet glass, frit (crushed glass granules) specialty accessories, and glass paints/enamels to create her artwork. She really enjoys painting and does so using several styles; from loosely rendered and richly colored imagery to more tightly rendered pieces. Her landscapes are generally created from imagination/memory rather than recreating a photographed specific place or realistically accurate plant form.
Scandia enjoys creating in several styles, rather than confining herself to one artistic style. As a result, the creative processes differ from piece to piece. For many of her painted pieces though, the process generally begins with 1--3 sheets of fusible glass. She then applies cuts of glass, paints and numerous grades of frit to establish the background; basically color blocking her base glass (as a painter might do with a canvas).
Once she fires the base glass, she can then continue to add detail in a series of layers using various grades of Frit, paint and sometimes pre-made tree trunks, flowers, etc., firing each layer as she goes to slowly build her painting. Most pieces are finalized after undergoing 3-4 firings.
Upon completion, paintings’ edges are often ground to fit into a custom finished frame or stand that Scandia either builds from scratch, or stains/paints/modifies to compliment the specific artwork they will house.
A note from Scandia about the materials she chooses to use in her artwork...
I am proud to use quality products made by companies that I respect and trust. Here's my shout out to just some of the dedicated companies that keep my studio and our entire art glass world happily going around:
Oceanside Glass & Tile™, Skutt Kilns®, Glass Accessories International (Toyo Cutters), Twisted Cane®, Techniglass®, Fuse Master High Fire Enamels. Colors for Earth, Morton Systems, Creative Paradise Molds, and Colour De Verre molds.
A heartfelt nod to the now closed Spectrum Glass Co. and Uroboros Glass Studios for the excellence they brought to the craft for glass lovers worldwide over 40 years. The industry would not have grown as it did without these companies.
Below are a few work-in-progress photos illustrating examples of techniques and styles that Scandia uses in her work.
