Here is a look into the process of how each Blackened Timber sculpture is made, from the forest floor to the final styling.

Step 1

All Blackened Timber sculptures start with a little inspiration from the woods. Faber hand picks pieces of wood from the forest floor which will become the mold and base for each glass sculpture.

Step 2

In the glass studio, each piece of wood waits for it’s own hot glass bubble to be formed. The studio is full of equipment required to shape hot glass. There is a furnace just holding molten glass and a furnace for reheating the glass. Working at 2100F, it is important to have metal tools for shaping the glass.

Step 3

Molten glass sitting in the 2100F furnace needs to be gathered on a steal pipe to start any hot glass creation. The first gather is usually small, just enough glass to "pop" a bubble. This small bubble is the beginning of all hollow glass forms.

Step 4

The soft glass is shaped with multiple tools; wooden blocks soaked in water, wet newspaper, and metal blades called jacks.  Shaping with these tools while blowing air into the hollow glass forms a bubble to scale with the chosen wooden base.

Step 5

Wood found in the forest is used as a unique mold for the hot glass bubble. The molten glass takes the shape and cools to the form of the timber within seconds, leaving behind a distinct blackened burnt spot.

photo credit: Kelly Dudash