In quantum physics, quantum entanglement is a phenomenon that occurs when a group of particles is generated in such a way that the quantum state of each individual particle cannot be described independently from the other.

The work Glass Entanglement constructs a similar state in which neither its digital nor analog parts could be read individually and where each part could not be described independently from the other. This work consists of the physical separation of the parts of cellular glass volumes from one another and the 3D-printed form interacting with these single objects to form an ecosystem between the glass volumes. The elements are held together by digitally modeled, tendril-like structures, analogous to the biological cell growth when forming multicellular higher-order organisms.

Glass Entanglement is part of a series of 10 blown glass vessels created during my artist's residency at the Pilchuck Glass School. The shapes of these volumes and their creation follow the notion of primordial mitosis—the splitting of a single cell into two—the beginning of complex forms of life. After their creation at Pilchuck, the blown glass volumes were cut, creating a straight division between the upper and lower parts in the objects. The complete volumes were not 3D scanned before the act of cutting but, once cut, were arranged, held by a series of jigs, and then scanned.

This created a situation of disruption in which the digital augments the actual, through digital construction of their gestalt, adding a void in the form. This void is invisible and performative to challenge the relationship between the digital practice and the craft workshop—between techne and poiesis.