One of my goals for 2025 is to release some limited edition collections, and Chroma is the first of them. I’m very proud of these pieces, they represent a lot of what I’ve been working on for the better part of last year

As many of you know, I make work that is bright and colourful. Outside of the glass world, I’m drawn to modern graphic lines and patterns, patterns, patterns! And if you’ve been paying attention to my social media you’ll know I’ve been doing some major deep dives into digital technology and mulling ways I can combine it with traditional glassmaking techniques.

In the past, I’ve experimented with ways of getting imagery and pattern on glass such as enamel decals, sandblasting and patterned murrines. None of it was **quite** right… either I didn’t have the equipment, or an assistant, or I couldn’t obtain the level of detail I wanted. I wasn’t frustrated exactly, I was just kind of curious about if I really could achieve surface decoration I was envisioning on glass.

And so began the experiments. First, the colour. I ended up switching to a different type of colour than what I would normally use, a flat plate glass that can be applied to my molten glass without cracking or breaking.

Next, the pattern – and this is where the digital technology comes in. I now have access to a laser engraver and lo and behold, it’s the perfect thing to etch flat glass with! It doesn’t cut it or even etch deep, just a very fine surface etch that’s perfect for what I need. This means I can employ my love of digital and analog pattern making to the glass.

After that I aimed to accentuate the look of the etch. I experimented A LOT with different things that I could apply to make that pattern POP! I finally narrowed it down to what works best for me, so that was rewarding r&d to get it sorted! Finally the actual glassblowing part, where the true artistry of the glass piece comes in. I take all these patterned elements and combine them with colour and form to create the bottles you see here as Chroma.