Saturday, November 12, 2011

6. GLASS

While often considered a craft media used in dinnerware and other vessels, GLASS SCULPTURE can achieve amazing results with enchanting transparency. This media requires a complex process. Common glass processes are glass casting and glass blowing. Glass fabrication with plate glass is another possibility witnessed in the work of Larry Bell and Dan Graham.

Glass-working Classes:
-Coradetti Glassblowing Studio (Baltimore, MD) www.corradetti.com/
-Urban Glass (Brooklyn, NY) www.urbanglass.org/
-Penland School of Crafts (Bakersville, NC) www.penland.org/

Selected Texts:
-Sculpture, Glass and American Museums by Martha Drexler Lynn. 2005 University of Pennsylvania Press 
-Chihuly in the Hotshop, 2008, DVD

Selected Glass Artists: Larry Bell, Dale Chihuly, Dan Graham, Karen LaMonte, Josiah McElheny


Dale Chihuly, Red/Yellow Tusk Wall Cluster Installation, 1996

Josiah McElheny, Modernity Mirrored and Reflected Infinitely, 2003

Karen LaMonte, Reclining Dress Impression with Drapery, 2007, 18.5" x 61" x 23"


Larry Bell, Iceburg and its Shadow, 1975




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