"Embodiment," a neon glass skeleton by Eric Franklin. His portfolio includes beautiful related works, including human skulls, created with flameworked borosilicate glass, krypton and wood.
The piece is described as an anatomical study of the human body that treats mind and body as one entity.
"Every glass seal has to be perfect, and this piece contains hundreds," Franklin says.
"Everywhere one tube joins another, or a tube terminates, glass tubes were sealed together. They have to be perfect in order to preserve the luminosity of the krypton. If one rogue molecule gets inside the void of the glass tubing it can eventually contaminate the gas and it will no longer glow."
It's 78″ x 36″ x 24″, 2006-2008, Roberts Family Fine Art Collection. Photos by Brad Carlile.
