This project was an investigation into Cymatics. In 1880 a German scientist named Ernst Chladni discovered that when you strike the edge of a metal plate covered in sand with a violin bow predictable figures appear. These figures are created by the pressure waves of sound vibrating the material on the plate.  I was interested in capturing the resonant patterns of the vibration of sacred instruments. Lama Tsultrim and Lama Lordo from Karme Ling monastery played traditional instruments called Gayalings into a microphone which was connected to a modified speaker.  The speaker vibrated glass frit poured on top of thin glass plates.  I made 36, 16” x 16” glass patterns from that recording. I found that the patterns lined up in visual chords and the nodes intersected in such a way that the stacked plates began to reference patterns found in sacred geometry and Muslim architecture.  This project was funded by a residency at the Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass.