“The inspiration comes as much from nature and the organic forms I find there as it does from the properties of the glass itself. Seeing forms transformed through bubbles – air that pushes out something soft and stretchable from inside, and the form that pushes back.”
Gyromitra comes from the words “gyro”, or “complex”, and “mitra”, which means “turban” – and gyromitra esculenta is also known as the turban fungus. The work is part of a series.
Her entire life, Ellen has felt a sense of fellowship with the untouched ancient forest, which has been her primary inspiration and the reason she has devoted her artistry to exploring organic forms. Her experimental way of working has given her a unique artistic expression.
“The inspiration comes as much from nature and the organic forms I find there as it does from the properties of the glass itself. Seeing forms transformed through bubbles – air that pushes out something soft and stretchable from inside, and the form that pushes back.”
Gyromitra comes from the words “gyro”, or “complex”, and “mitra”, which means “turban” – and gyromitra esculenta is also known as the turban fungus. The work is part of a series.