Glass Architectural: San Francisco Public Library
Mayor Gavin Newson and I at the opening
The Portola Branch Library has 20 handmade glass panels. Five panels are set in four steel frames which the head librarian can rotate to control the amount of sun entering the room. Below are the individual panels made by putting glass powders through molds onto sheets of colored glass which are then melted together in a kiln
These glass panels are 18 x 24"
12 x12" "Flower Box" (side one) made from cutting up a few possible Portola panels and fusing them together
12 x12" "Flower Box" (side two) made from cutting up a few possible Portola panels and fusing them together
18 x 24" panel made from cutting up a possible Portola panels and fusing it together again as a puzzle
18x24" panel
Three 18 x 24" panels made during Portola idea phase