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Berry Davis & Collette Fortin |
 Glass Artists Berry Davis and
Collette Fortin - Speciality Underwater
Coral Reef Scenes
Berry Davis who started Neptune Hot Glass over twelve years ago creates sculptures with oceanic themes. The Coral Heads, Reef Sculptures and Lagoons which evolve are reminders of the quickly vanishing beauty of our planet's oceans.
The first step in this intriguing process is to assemble the inclusions that are later encased in very high quality molten glass. After final shaping by hand with graphite smoothing pads, the pieces are cooled in an annealer. The final cutting and polishing is achieved through the use of high-speed diamond tools.
In 2005, Collette Fortin joined the firm as a partner and last year a new gemstone serie of works that contain diamonds, rubies, sapphires and citrine, most usually encased with fine silver or 24K gold, was developed, in addition to a series of Treasure Window that often includes hand-formed metal art
Neptune Hot Glass has received recognition for its exceptional work as illustrated by the following examples of some of its awards:
* Best of Show Orchard Lake Fine Art Show; Orchard Lake, Michigan Best of Glass, Art On The Square, Belleville, Illinois
* Best of Glass, Art In The Park, Highland, Illinois
* First Place Krasl Art On The Bluff, St. Joseph, Michigan
* First Place Crosby Festival of the Arts, Toledo, Ohio
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