RAINBOW GLASS HOUSE

In September 2018 I created an art installation as part of the Pow!Wow!Worcester public arts festival in Worcester, MA. My mini glass house was made up of panels of stained glass - mostly in circle panes - in a rainbow ombre palette.
ABOUT THE PROJECT:
The Rainbow Glass House was installed at the Worcester City Hall Common in Worcester, MA from September to November; it has now been taken down. Future plans to install the piece in the future are ongoing. Check out permanent installations in Worcester by the International Pow! Wow! Worcester Artists over the last 3 years - view a map of public art HERE
I'd love to make more public art in the future - if you have a space you'd like filled with colorful glass art please send me an email
ABOUT THE PROJECT:
- Planning began for the project in Feb 2018
- The original design was for a repeating triangle pattern in rainbow colors but that changed only a month before the festival to the final circle design
- I worked on the panels for 30 days straight from August 15 - September 15 - over 300 hours in addition to the months of planning with the Pow!Wow! team and many test prototypes
- There are 28 separate panels that make up the house, whose foundation is a 6'x8' greenhouse kit reinforced with welded steel - the welding was done onsite by the Worcester WorcShop
- I stopped counting after awhile but I believe 300-400lbs of sheet glass were used in the house, in addition to 75 lbs of glass nuggets.
- The larger wall and roof panels have anywhere from 50 - 200 separate parts in each one and there are 20 of those, in addition to 8 smaller panels - 28 panels in all
- Worcester artist Scott Boilard added his Sharpie art to the inside of the house on the backs of some the mirror circles. He also painted the mural on the side of the Dive Bar at Green and Temple Sts as part of Pow!Wow! 2017
- Fellow stained glass artist The Pomegranates Crown donated 12 green, blue and purple circles - check out her amazing unique work!
- There are numerous hidden images among the glass circles - some have personal significance to myself and to those who helped with the house - some are completely random! Included were: stars, a moon, the sun, crystals, a sea turtle, a paw print, a Pride Flag, a cactus, honeycomb, a heart with a crown, a cloud with raindrops, a safety pin, The State of Massachusetts with a heart (Worcester is the Heart of the Commonwealth!), six of my original feather patterns, an evil eye, a dragonfly, a butterfly, an Amazon Pink River Dolphin, a smiley face (originally created by Worcester's own Harvey Ball) and a shape that looks like a pineapple, but it's actually a 2 dimensional version of a succulent (a propeller plant) in a (dodecahedron) terrarium made from orange glass. There are probably more but I lost track after week three!
- Check out more images of the glass house and pics of the build on my Instagram, read more About Me and view my available work for purchase in my Etsy Shop
The Rainbow Glass House was installed at the Worcester City Hall Common in Worcester, MA from September to November; it has now been taken down. Future plans to install the piece in the future are ongoing. Check out permanent installations in Worcester by the International Pow! Wow! Worcester Artists over the last 3 years - view a map of public art HERE
I'd love to make more public art in the future - if you have a space you'd like filled with colorful glass art please send me an email