Farha Jalal Reshamwala
Glass Art Portfolio
Static Blue
Fall 2022
Static Blue is the second piece from a series of experiments in lace fuses that I conducted. The process for creating a lace fuse includes scattering colored glass frit in a kiln and heating it until the glass melts together to create a membrane-like shape. I created two of these membrane shapes, stacked them, and slumped them together to create one layered bowl.
Branching Out
Spring 2023
This project combines my skills in silkscreening and glasswork. To create this series, I used reusche paints to print my design onto twelve layers of glass, which I then fired separately. I used more reusche paint to touch up my design and fired them once again. After my initial firings, I stacked each sheet into three-layer thick pieces and fired them one last time in order to give more depth to the final composition.
Fall 2021
This project encouraged collaboration between students and professional glass artists. The project was designed solely by me, but was brought to life with the help of professional glass artist Monir Madkour. The design is a representation of my interpretation of the concept of “Nur,” or “heavenly light” as referenced in the Quran in Ayaat ul-Nur. As part of this collaboration, I created each of the exchangable bowls while Monir created the base to look like a tree trunk with a niche cut into it.
Portrait of My Grief
Fall 2021
2023
Faculty: Jenna Efrein
For this project, I chose a scape of my choice and utilized depth of space to create a conceptual perception of my chosen scape.
To create this space, I used glass frit to “paint” on five seperate layers of sheet glass which were then cast into one thick piece of sheet glass. After the stacked layers were cast, I used the wet belt sander to create a rounded finish.
Familial Ties
Spring 2021
This piece was conceptualized during an intense period of my personal life. I was reflecting on my relationships with some of my parental figures, who inspired the piece. The small figure is sandblasted while the two larger figures remain clear and distanced from the small one. The larger figures were made by wrapping the small figure in wet newspaper and blowing glass around it so that the small figure could nestle into the larger ones.
The Masquerade series combines my skills in silkscreening, glasswork, and photo-editing. The method for creating the masks involved sliding Bullseye glass to create sheets with various colors, textures, and patterns which were then slumped over a mold of my face to create masks. Each mask is accompanied by a matching image of myself wearing the mask. The photos were taken with the assistance of Livia Brodie, who acted as my human tripod. I used Photoshop to overlay the images to create final compositions which conveyed the moods and emotions that each mask was intended to express. One of the final image compositions was also screenprinted using the CMYK method of printing.
