Robert Schwartz, Assembly (detail), 2020, blown and cast glass, steel

My work captures a fascination with the way structures in built environments are designed and constructed. Using glass, I examine how multiple processes can combine to gain structural integrity. Assembly presents basic forms constructed through repetition of interconnected components; the structure of each form uses the same simple element, maintaining their profile by opposing methods. The fused segment, with a strong internal structure, sits in contrast to the loose components contained by an exoskeleton, or gabion, structure. Both methods allow for the components to potentially stack infinitely.

Image courtesy the artist