35
Texas glass artists were invited to send one or two pieces for the
exhibition at the Art Museum of South Texas in Corpus Christi. I
have included 34 of the 35 and only shown one piece per artist. I
did not include the 35th artist because he does stained glass and
instead of sending a panel, he sent developmental sketches of an
installation with a photo. I didn't take a picture of the picture or
the sketches but Jeff Smith really does wonderful work.
I
find it very interesting that so much of the work (23 artists out of
35) is not blown, hot sculpted, or vessel oriented. I wonder how
much our weather has to do with the fact that most of the artists
work in different kiln formed techniques as opposed to hot glass.
Many
thanks to Jayne Duryea of Coastal Bend College and Deborah Fullerton
of the Art Museum of South Texas for making this show a reality.
You
can see larger versions of all the work by clicking on the images.
Cathy
Cunningham-Little
glass,
stainless steel, white LED
Michael
Crowder
pate
de verre, antique cabinet, velvet
Ellen
Abbott/Marc Leva
pate
de verre cast glass
Polly
Gessell
sandblasted
glass
Fritz
Ozuna
neon,
aluminum
Ben
Livingston
neon,
acrylic
Brad
Abrams
kiln
cast glass
Susan
Plum
borosilicate
glass, acrylic, metal
Leigh
Taylor Wyatt
blown
glass, aluminum
Damian
Priour
limestone,
cast glass
Julie
Lazarus
solid,
blown hand sculpted glass
Jason
Lawson
blown
glass
Kathy
Poeppel/Richard Moiel
blown and engraved glass
Christian
Luginger
flamework
Jim
Bowman
blown
glass, copper, steel
Harlan
W. Butt
copper,
enamel, silver
Mary
Lynn Bowman
kilnformed
glass, wood
Dixie
Friend Gay
glass
and ceramic mosaic
Judy
Jensen
reverse
painting on glass
David
Graeve
slumped
and painted glass block
Shannon
Brunskill
slumped
pate de verre, steel, cast glass
Peter
Mangan
glass,
stainless steel, copper, brass
Bradley
G. Pearce
blown
glass
Michael
McDougal
hot
sculpted glass
David
Gappa
hot
sculpted glass, wood
Aaron
Thane Tate
hot
sculpted glass
Chad
Holliday
cast
glass
David
Keens
cast
and hot formed glass
Gail
Stouffer
kiln
formed glass, enamels
(my
apologies to Gail, both pictures I took were slightly out of focus)
Rachel
Kalisky
kiln
formed glass
Jayne
Duryea
glass
mosaic
Bill
Meek
cold
worked plate glass
Robert
Wilson
hot
sculpted glass
Maki
Hajikano
cast
glass
Some beautiful art here.
ReplyDeletesuch unique pieces. i like the variety of creativity. :)
ReplyDeleteGlass is a magical medium and there are so many ways to do it..cast, kiln-formed, hand blown, sculpted...this must have been a very inspiring show.
ReplyDeleteIknow so little about this art medium, but it looks far more difficult than paint or wood. I love the diversity they got. I remember my trip to the island in Italy of Murano and how I did not want to purchase anything that could break or crack so easily. It is this renaissance in glass work or have I just been out of the loop?
ReplyDeleteWow! There's so many beautiful pieces. That was quite a show...simply beautiful. So much talent. of course I loved yours the best!
ReplyDeleteThis is a fantastic show! Congratulations to you and the rest of the artists.
ReplyDeleteVery nice, the Mary bowman piece had hints of Marc Chagall
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for posting these pictures of Target Texas for those of us who won't get to the exhibition. So great to see the varieties of glass being produced in Texas!
ReplyDeleteAwesome post!
ReplyDeleteAwesome room, too.
These are so beautiful! I really really like the first picture and your stuff of course, and there are a couple of others I wouldn't mind having if I were a rich person--the black abstract and the brown abstract but I can't remember their names. Fritz? And there was another, a mosaic and one that reminded me of Klimt. This was fun. Thanks Ellen.
ReplyDeleteI really love glass. You people amaze me. Liked your pieces but couldn't find the "like" button.
ReplyDeleteSo many different techniques and thoughts. Looks like a terrific showing for all. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI understand the dearth of blown work. One hundred ten degree temps translates to like one hundred sixty in a hot glass studio. No fun at all.
ReplyDeleteThese are really something. Lot of talent in Texas.
That is an amazing assortment of work, considering it's all in the same medium. Of course the third one is my favorite, but I also like the vessel with the snake on top, and I like the blobby form of the last piece. It's interesting how many pieces are very abstract and others more representational, or utilitarian like the vessels.
ReplyDeleteYour "pate de verre" is good enough to eat.
ReplyDeleteAnd the first piece, oh my gods, Ellen, my mouth was hanging open for about a minute. It looks like the rainbow was swallowed by a praying mantis that wanted to be a ninja faerie.
"Blown Glass" made me think of "Make glass, not war."
Thanks sooo much for sharing this with us!
All of that is amazing! Some really lovely stuff here.
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