Jonathan’s works are all created using the time consuming kiln process. Inside the kiln he makes a sculpture from refractory material, usually sand and plaster over which he lays the glass. As the kiln heats up the material under the glass dissolves allowing the glass to take form. The process can take up to three days to complete. Once the pieces cool they are cleaned and sandblasted of all refractory material. To add to the sculptural and integral beauty of each work copper is electroformed to the glass. Finally a patina is applied to the copper to give the glass sculpture color.

Selected Awards:

2002 Boston Mills Artfest
2001 Miami Festival of the Arts
Texas Fine Arts Show, Austin
2000 Ann Arbor Art Show
Madison Art Show
1999 Kansas City Art Festival
Cocnut Grove Arts Festival
1998 Best in Show St, Louis Art Show
1997 Lậ‘Poir Award, European Contemporary Art Object, The Louvre

Selected Exhibitions:

Venetian Bicentennial exhibition, Gallery Centro, Ventro, Italy
One man show, Gallery Van den Doel, Holland
European Contemporary Art Object, The Louvre, France
Beatrice Royal Art Gallery, United Kingdom
Wohmen and Kunst Gallery, Germany
Sculptural and Functional Art Objects, Pismo Gallery, Denver, Colorado

Selected Collections:

Bang + Oulfsen
Art Alliance of America