Possibility of developing these into placemats? Or coasters . . . Could Also work with slate for a similar effect - A more domestic material.
I attended HAMK University, taking full advantage of their fantastic glass facilities, including a week in the famous glass village, Nuutajärvi, where I was taught glass blowing. 
The images I have displayed are three of many results from experimenting with painted safety glass, from Tamglass in Tampere, Finland, in order to create a tile collection or tableware. Working from images I gathered of natural forms I practised slumping, cutting, sand blasting, fusing, engraving and explored the compatibility of glasses. The reaction this glass formed when being fused with itself created an interesting texture which I chose to interpret as the cells and life within the buds of May. This symbolised the intense postponement of the epic transformation between the long nights and freezing temperatures to the sudden burst of summer weather and release of energy throughout Finland.
