Finely Crafted Works in Glass
by Derek Freres
Capturing and directing flow from the highest quality molten glass motivates much of our work at Rittenhouse Studio. We use kilnforming, diamond tooling, sandblasting, casting, and many other techniques to produce unique handmade pieces for galleries and commissions. We also develop and test new technical approaches for working with glass in our studio and others.
A small selection of our work is depicted on this site*.
*All below work has previously been displayed in juried art exhibitions.
Name: Preserved in Amber
Kilnformed soda lime glass, large (over 1 foot in all dimensions)
Winner of the M&T Bank Award for Sculpture, August 2023
Name: Copper Flow (shown in gallery on display)
Cast glass wedge
Glass Box Samples
Kiln cast boxes are a labor of love - and we do love making them - requiring days of dedication - including extensive time in kilns, diamond finishing, and sandblasting.
Sizes and colors vary.
Name: Amber at Midnight
Kilnformed soda lime glass, 8” x 8”
Name: Vanilla Caramel
Hand pulled vitrigraph cane, 15”x7.5”
Names: Land & Sea (left); Un-named (right)
Kilnformed vessels, 12”h x 14”w and 17”h x 14”w
Name: Silica Sieve
Kilnformed soda lime glass, 20” diameter
Name: Teal Rivers
Cast glass
Name: String Theory
Kilnformed glass, 20”x20”
Photo by Hanmi Meyer of Bullseye Glass
