Raindrop

Studio Works / Gallery and Commissioned Installations

The Raindrop Series explores the ephemeral, luminous qualities of falling water through suspended glass. Using a torch atop a tall ladder, the artist melts the ends of clear borosilicate glass rods on site, allowing them to drip and stretch into delicate, elongated forms that capture a “frozen moment of rain.” Each element is suspended by its own trailing glass strand, creating immersive environments of light, reflection, and motion.

Most installations use clear glass. One exception, Ghosts of Little Boy (2005) at the National Japanese American Historical Society, San Francisco, CA, is made of black glass to reference Hiroshima and the Black Rain.

Originally developed as independent studio works, the series later expanded into gallery and commissioned installations, exhibited at over 15 venues across the United States and in Tokyo and Nagoya, Japan. Each iteration preserves the studio-driven approach while adapting to site-specific conditions and scale.