Tea Table II

I see the still life genre as deeply relevant to our time. In an age where most information and interaction is fleeting, still life asks the viewer to linger, to consider temporality and mortality, to contemplate an intimate moment.


Each hand-made clear glass object in Tea Table II records the specific period of time during which the material was touched. Thus, the entire composition expresses multiple moments at once. Historically, still lives were aspirational and fantastical compositions replete with objects a viewer could hope to possess. Here, the observer sees the objects and also sees through the objects; the glass reflects and refracts, resisting visual or metaphorical possession.
– Beth Lipman