The talented artist K. William LeQuier makes spectacular,
free flowing glass sculptures by using an exclusive style he's developed more
than a decade and a half. Well, in the mid-1970s he learned about glass blowing
and for years he created glass vessels. Then, in the early 1990s, he started to
experiment with sandblasted surface designs, where he create he could carve
glass into a myriad of textures using a sandblaster and a diamond saw. Nevertheless
labor-intensive, this work resulted in unanticipated and thrilling results that
gave him a new direction to explore. Though observing stacks of salvaged glass
shelving, he recognized he could make multi-layered constructions that looked
like free flowing strands of carved glass. These pieces would be inspired by
momentary events in nature like a wave crashing or a jellyfish swimming through
the ocean.
Thus, every sculpture starts with a rough sketch.
From that, he creates a template to scale. He says; thin strips of adhesive rubber are
arranged one at a time on each plate of glass. When the plate is sandblasted,
the rubber acts as a resist. The rest of the plate is cut away leaving only
what was protected by the rubber. Further, after each plate is sandblasted the
plates are then well glued together with a distinct UV curing epoxy."
Sanding is done with a belt sander and details are carved with a diamond tip.
The artist makes the base and armature on which the sculpture rests all by
hand. My work is actually inspired by the drama of everyday events in the
natural world where weather and time are catalysts for change.
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