LaserGlass Art - Patricia and Geoffrey Caplette

Artist's Statement
Patricia, B.A., University of California, Berkeley, has been a sculptor for 20+ years and has won numerous awards for her work. She has also been a glass designer for the past ten years, with extensive experience in glass casting and slumping methods, and knowledge of glassblowing techniques.

Geoffrey, B.S., California Polytechnic University, is a dichroic glass specialist, with 23 years thin film experience. He creates dichroic glass by evaporating precise thicknesses of refractory oxides onto glass in a carefully controlled vacuum. His exacting techniques produce colors of a purity unmatched by any other methods.

Each of LaserGlass Art's Inner-Glow Collection shells is comprised of 45% leaded crystal, compared to the 38% component found in Austrian crystal. The shells are individually hand-cast using their own adaptation of a casting method originally developed by the ancient Egyptians to make gold jewelry. The crystal shells are molded from actual seashells and exhibit all the fine detailing of nature's originals. The use of the more expensive 45% leaded crystal permits the capture of such definition.