The show's title, does it refer to the idea of vessels? "No, it started because I found a set of vintage Tupperware spoons in a thrift store. I fell in love with them and wanted to find glass colors to match. This is the closest I've managed to get."

Do you mix your own colors? "There's like a crayon set of colors, and you have to work within that palette unless you're mixing your own dry-batch ingredients. This is as close as I've come. So I've kept everything within that palette."

Why do some of the bottles get to wear little sweaters? "The thing with the sweaters... one is called Encalmo Cozy on Bottle, and encalmo is a glass technique that builds up different layers of stripes. I started making these cozies to duplicate the glass technique and slip them over the vessels. I transferred it to the knitting. Then it became a whole different monster."

Do you use cozies in your own home? Tea cozies and those toilet-paper ones? "No, I live like a bachelor. Very minimal. The less clutter, the better."

So is this kind of a domestic fantasy? "I think it is about design and a sense of being able to live with objects and live with nicely crafted objects, to make a space your own."

What do you think of those artists working in the gap between art and design? Jorge Pardo, Roy McMakin, Pei White--does your work fit on that continuum? "I would love to be on that continuum. I don't know if I'm there yet. There's that big ongoing debate, and I don't even know where I stand on it--sometimes I don't even want to talk about it. I'd like my work to breach that gap. Some of the most beautifully technically crafted things are so much about art."