Outside eyes -- design trends

As I'm trying to figure out a logical way to organize my website, I realize that I focus intensely on each piece that I make as I make it, where it fits into the schedule, what it can or can't be fired with. The upshot is, until now I haven't looked at my entire body of work with "outside eyes" As I do so, I realize that there are trends. Even though I make each piece as a seperate entity, there are common denominators. There is always a story, but the stories focus on different aspects.

Form: These are pieces where the story is all about the final shape. Usually these are experimental pieces where I am pushing the envelope and trying something new.

Material: The story here is all about the glass. The glass itself is the most important element, the final piece must somehow preserve or continue the story of the glass.

Glass Plus: The story in these pieces is about the interaction between the glass and something else. Usually it will be something added to the glass piece (copper, sand, color) to make the final piece a whole.

Texture: I often use texture in the design of a piece, the story in these pieces is about changing the glass during the process from one state to another while retaining some characteristics, but changing others to get an entirely new combination.

It may be hard to visualize these differences, but stay tuned, the website will shortly show pieces divided out into these groups, with the individual story for each piece.