Perfecting His Art

After mustering the gumption to open his own studio in 2004, Jack delved deeper into the process, spending hours upon hours perfecting his creations and even inventing a cold-working lathe. It became immediately obvious to Jack that producing work which is effortlessly perfect would require an overwhelming amount of effort. And it all starts at the core. Working with blocks of lead crystal, he cuts them several times, grinding and polishing each slice. Then, with the precision of a surgeon, he inserts dichroic glass between them at every stage, pausing to glue and cure them before repeating the process. The end result? Glass sculptures—shaped like cubes, eggs and even champagne glasses and wine bottles—that flaunt a chaotic display of color, pieces that not only passively draw attention, but demand it with urgency.

World Recognition

It took several years of guesswork, a boatload of tenacity and a viral video or two, but fast forward 13 years, and Jack’s business is running full swing. His pieces have found homes in numerous private collections, and two even made into Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. Looking closely at any of his pieces, especially when the colors within emerge to hit the daylight and furiously sparkle, there’s ample evidence that Jack successfully turned an amorphous vision into a clear-cut reality.