Waterscapes: Surf is Up

Restless waves scour the shore, waves of glass simmer, boil and spill over

Youghiogheny stipple and iridescent glass

Waterscapes: Nautilus Onshore

A nautilus washes up on shore and is captured in glass

Oceanside iridescent and water glass

Waterscapes: Lily at Grafton Pond

On a remote pond, a lily and dragonfly keep the peace

Oceanside and Kokomo cathedral and streaky glass

Waterscapes: Birches on the Lake

A grove of paper birches stand sentinel at the lakefront

Cast opalescent birches and Youghiogheny textured transparent glass

Shoji Screen Closet Doors

An outdated mirrored set of closet doors is transformed to meditative state with rice paper and an artful figured sapele wood design

Rice paper and sapele wood framing.

Portfolio

We are drawn in our work as artisans to explore the principles of symmetry and free form found in the natural world - mountains, the sea and sand, forest and desert scapes, and the creatures around us. As trained musicians with professional performing careers, we also seek ways to visualize musical sound.

Who We Are

Peter Tourin began his career as a harpsichord apprentice with Frank Hubbard, then worked with luthier Donald Warnock. By the 1990s he had built a world-wide reputation as a builder of beautiful Renaissance and Baroques stringed instruments. Currently working with ecologically-sourced exotic woods, Peter brings high design to homescapes.

Jean Twombly has been creating glass art since the mid 1990s. Trained in the techniques used by the glass masters of the early 20th century, she infuses modern sensibilities into her glass designs. Her work can be seen in art shows and galleries in New England and in Hawaii, including the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, The Worcester Center for Crafts, Naturally New England Art Show 2022, 2023, and Viewpoints Gallery in Makawao, Hawaii.