Adorable solid hand blown glass kodiak brown bear by Chris Sherwin. Chris’s blown glass sculptural pieces can be quite labor intensive, from the first gathering of glass from the 2100 degree furnace, to the final heat of the annealing oven. Chris does a lot of designing beforehand, blending custom colors from glass powders, and pulling multiple layers of canes and rods of glass, to make eyes and ears for animal sculptures, or custom leaves and flowers for torchwork designs. The finished pieces are air-cooled at the bench to approximately 1000 degrees, and then carefully placed in an annealing oven where they take about 36 hours to slowly cool. Finally, his work is then coldworked (ground and polished) on the bottom until they reach a high glass polish. After over 27 years of professionally making glass Chris has become efficient with his processes, coming up with new, innovative pieces that separate him from other glassmakers.
Each bear is hand crafted individually. Please expect some slight variation from photos.
4″ x 3 1/2″ x 2 1/4″
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North Conway
Established in 1932 Located in the quaint mountain town of North Conway Village, this gallery is a destination for both the local community and visitors to the White Mountains, offering craft classes and beautiful fine craft of heirloom quality. www.nhcraftsmen.com 2526 White Mountain Hwy PO Box 2614 North Conway, NH 03860 603-356-2441 BROWSE NORTH CONWAY with the filters below:
