All images © Kiva Ford, shared with permission
Artist () spends his days shaping minuscule vessels for chemists, engineers, and physicists. He manages the custom scientific glass shop at the University of Notre Dame, where he’s tasked with creating unique instruments designed for specific research projects. The exacting quality of these pieces is reflected in all of his hand-blown works, which range from Klein bottles and flasks to vases, pitchers, and jars holding anatomical sculptures in miniature.
COVID-19 increased the demand for his wares, Ford tells Colossal, and he currently has a number of colorful pieces available on . On March 19, he’ll be hosting a demonstration of nesting a small vessel inside a larger, identical work at the in New Jersey. You can also find videos and images documenting his process on .
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