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“As technology advances, the ways that we perceive, understand, and influence the world around us are also changing. As every aspect of human experience permeates through the filter of electronic manipulation, actual experience becomes more entwined with the virtual. Through the use of digital tools, it becomes possible to understand form purely in terms of mathematical co-ordinates, using 3D modelling to create objects made from nothing more than pure information, existing only in a theoretical space. Through the use of the oscilloscope it also becomes possible to observe sound as a visual phenomenon, enabling a synaesthesia between the audible and the visual. In parallel, the concept of craftsmanship itself is transforming; skill in using digital media has become comparable to skill in manipulating molten glass or other materials. This work uses the tradition, technique and language of glassblowing as a lens through which to explore the effect these kinds of technological advance have on the way that we interface with our environment… and ultimately their inherent transience as innovations are superseded in their own evolution.”