After Eckman II
Hot glass and ceramic transfer print, blown by James Maskrey, 2005
This piece is inspired by the work of the psychologist Paul Eckman. He considers that there are seven universal expressions, defined by the same combination of signals from the eyes and mouth, that can be found anywhere around the world: happy, sad, surprise, fear, contempt, disgust and anger.

In this work, multiple layers of my own eyes seem to gaze at the viewer and at themselves in a surreal conversation.

The piece began as a clear glass bubble, onto which handprinted transfers were applied before reheating and dipping into hot glass. Allowed to cool, another set of transfers were applied before reheating, dipping, shaping and polishing.