Dan Alexander Works

The work I am currently exploring is inspired by nature, textiles, travel, and architecture. More specifically patterns. Being an artist and world traveler, I look at the world around me and how it could be translated to glass. Much of my inspiration comes from photographs I have personally taken, historical objects, and memories for my childhood. I tend to look at one micro aspect of an object and see how that small piece could be used in repetition to create an overall pattern. 

An example would be looking at one single coral in the ocean and repeating its colors and shape over and over again to make a large glass tile. This tile will later be rolled up hot around a glass bubble or collar to make large vessel. I use the blown glass process to create a 3 dimensional canvas for my murrine and pattern to be displayed.

Like photography, I want my sculptures to act as a moment frozen in time. Through color, texture, and patterns I want the viewer to create their own relationship and personal connection with my work.