Metal Glass Media‘s home retail store is located in the Joan Harris Pavilion at the Sydney Harborfront by the Big Fiddle. The store is open during cruise ship season and is open to customers only on days a cruise ship is visiting.
I must thank my Mother for enrolling me into evening oil painting lessons at the age of seven because art has been an integral part of my life ever since. I have taken my many years of experience as a successful landscape artist, and incorporated that knowledge into my Stained & Fusion Glass pieces. I would also like to send thanks to The Cape Breton Center for Arts and Crafts for all their support and guidance, as well as the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia for representing me in their gallery shop.
The thing that I enjoy most about Fusion Glass is the fact that there are so many avenues to explore. At present, my creations consist of glass and metals for example: copper, aluminum, gold, silver and brass. I use metal to create beautiful Cape Breton landscapes.
Brent has created many corporate and residential works combining fusion and stained glass; for example techniques for front entrance kitchen accents, picture windows, room dividers and wall & window hanging. also functional pieces like vases, lamps, soap dishes, plates, bowls, tea-light shades.
Brent began his journey in the arts with charcoal sketches then moved on to painting in oils to becoming proficient in watercolor and acrylic mediums. He has now been working with glass for over 30 years and although working with glass is technically challenging, it is also very rewarding when everything works.
So where did the inspiration for Fusion Glass come from?
The answer to that question lies within a series of moments and experiences during which the artist realized that he needed to find a way to get his watercolors to glisten. He loved the way the sun kissed the glass in a stained glass piece so fusion glass evolved from this concept. So how is is done? To begin, you need to start with a design. Once the design is drawn, a mold is created to provide depth to the landscapes.
Each piece is created by hand and the mold can only be used once due to being destroyed during the firing process. This guarantees a one of a kind, unique art piece that cannot be exactly duplicated. The final product is a truly unique work of art.
The technique of this particular process was created by Brent through his experience as a painter and through trial and error, resulting in a thing of beauty.
