These pictures were carefully drawn with detailed figuration, and were a very literal interpretation of what would become a preoccupation with the complexities of experience. In his glass vessels Stephen Procter relies on the abstract effects of light to explore the same theme. I think of finely tuning each piece like a musical instrument, absorbed in the overall 'sound'. I am trying to bring the light into the form. In the glass vessels, form and shape are both material and immaterial.
Light creates a play of shadows and reflections.
Forms are created and dissolved. Frequently the edges are cut prismatically to reveal the elements of colour within light. Stephen Procter intends that this play between the real and the insubstantial provides some clue to his broader philosophical objective of seeing through to inner connections and realities. The engravings were images of light. For example, Stephen Procter sees the open bowl as symbolic of giving and receiving, just as they give and receive light.