Glass
Artist Statements
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JONATHAN ANDERSSON
HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND
“I grew up surrounded by glass. As a child, I recall being
the kid with the largest marble. My dad was a glass
maker as was his. This tradition stems back at least six generations. For me working with glass is a part and
parcel of this family history. It is a romance with a
material as a sharp as a knife and as fragile as a rainbow.
Yet while I value the past and its tradition, I look to the
present and the future possibilities for my inspiration. For
me the work I produce is a physical manifestation of an
exploration. The pieces are about the qualities of
discovery and rare moments of magic. They are
discoveries on a journey without road maps. Art takes us
to these places, places where no airplane can fly.” |
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PETER SECREST
NAPLES, NY
“The glass I use for my work is the consistency of honey at
2100 F (bright yellow heat) and a brittle rigid solid at 1000 F
(below dull red heat). While the glass is being shaped, it is
frequently reheated in an incandescent chamber called a ‘glory
hole’. Hot glass additions of a single color or hot glass rolled in
chips of colored glass are applied during the blowing process.
The bottom finlike appendices are added this way. The foot or
base is cast from colored glass in an open steel mold; then
flipped over and attached to the vase. The small blob of colored
glass under the clear ball is hottest at this step and makes the
joint. Then a solid steel rod coated at the one end with glass
attached to the center of the foot bottom is broken free from
the blow pipe. This crucial transition is called the ‘stick-up’ or
‘punty-up’. After enlarging the opening glass ‘trails’ or ‘wraps’
are added to the opening. After opening, pinching and
shearing, become the bands of color and the appendices at
the top of the vase. When finished the vase is and placed in a
special electric oven to cool.” |
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SAM STANG
AUGUSTA, MO
Sam Stang produces
one-of-a-kind creations
with an emphasis on
Venetian-inspired glass.
His use of bright colors
and large shapes is a
signature of his work.
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HARRY STUART
BOYERTOWN, PA
“My work is involved in producing objects
that deal with color interaction. The
physical behavior of the colors, as well as
line texture influence size and form. The
three-dimensional character of each piece
is a natural format with which to display
such a colorful canvas of light and color.” |
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