John Lewis is constantly thinking about forms, and considering how he can execute a shape within the prescribed limitations of glass casting. It is an obsession he has felt since first experimenting with casting in 1981.

Even before that, Lewis was well known for his blown glass vessels, having opened his first studio in 1969.

“I switched over from blowing to casting because I saw the potential to create work that had never been seen before,” he says. “Glass as a material had not been fully explored in a cast form. My blown stuff was pretty decorative, but I didn’t want to be mistaken for trying to emulate Galle or Tiffany.”

Lewis ventured into unknown territory, fascinated by exploring the possibilities of form, and what the glass was capable of doing in the casting process. . . . . .