Darcy Smith, Up, down and hold for 30 (detail), 2019, lampworked borosilicate, blackwood timber, steel, laser etching on glass panel

Up, down and hold for 30 represents the container between vulnerability and manipulation in relationships - to one another, oneself and glass. Through the process of heating and cooling borosilicate glass, all of the intricacies of both successful and failed negotiations manifest a kind of physical love letter from the artist to glass.
There are many ways to practice intimacy.

Image courtesy Lucy Foster