Hot glass blown into deer antlers

The breath of the furnace, incandescent and liquid, meets the ancient silhouette of antlers. Molten glass, pulled from a crucible of white heat, is coaxed and shaped over the branching tines—each stroke a negotiation between gravity and quickening chill. As the glass finds the nooks and hollows of the antler, it picks up textures: the subtle ridges, the porous tips, the weathered scars of past seasons. Where it settles, it records those details in glossy permanence.