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timothy horn plays with scale and end of summer message

Susan Lomuto — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:32:37 +0000

Inspired by an 18th century earring pattern, Santa Fe artist Timothy Horn plays with scale and materials in Pearl Works, a series of sculptures he started in 2007 – scroll to the last image to see the true size of these lovely, graceful, detailed blown glass and nickel plated bronze sculptures. His portfolio shows the full range of this artist’s work – be sure to take a look at the crystallized rock sugar sculptures. Sweet!

Titania, mirrored blown glass, nickel-plated bronze, cast lead crystal
50 x 28 x 9 ”

Titania, detail

Miranda, mirrored blown glass, nickel-plated bronze
49 x 26 x 9 ”

Cordelia, mirrored blown glass, nickel-plated bronze
28 x 11 x 5 1/2 ”

Grand Noeud, mirrored blown glass, nickel-plated bronze
36 x 22 x 9 ”

Sweet Thing, mirrored blown glass, nickel-plated bronze
50 x 36 x 9 ”

Galatea, mirrored blown glass, nickel-plated bronze
54 x 36 x 9 ”

Odette, mirrored blown glass, nickel-plated bronze
56 x 36 x 9 inches

Sweet Thing, installation view

Endings and Beginnings

I am taking some time off to soak up the end of summer and ready myself for the beginning of the fall season. I’ll meet you back here with new offerings after the Labor Day holiday (though I might pop on to DAM’s Facebook page to post links before then – would love to see you there). And please enjoy the archives – oh, so much to see – 2,750 posts to keep you busy!

josé chardiet

Susan Lomuto — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:09:41 +0000

Considered one of the leaders in the second generation of the Studio Glass movement, Cuban born José Chardiet has been a successful glass artist and teacher for more than two decades. His expertly crafted work includes vases embedded with copper wire designs and the complex combination of glass and metal sculptures seen here. Each body of work distinctly different and yet all Chardiet. His interpretation of the family unit, as seen in the Still Life series is refreshing.

Blue Purple Dome Teapot, front and back

Earth, copper wire, glass

Red Labyrinth, front and back

Silver Teapot

Orange Gold Labyrinth

joshua rodine glass and there is still time to enter the giveaway!

Susan Lomuto — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:08:44 +0000

I’m rushing, rushing, rushing today, but I didn’t want to leave you without a post, so please enjoy these glass bottles by Oregon artist Joshua Rodine. The perfume bottles make me wish I wore perfume…and I think a perfect daily meditation might include looking intently at one of his Serenity Bottles – maybe it would help me stop rushing. Yes, this.

Serenity Bottle #108

Branch Bottle #207

Perfume Bottles

T-Tree Bottle

Teal Perfume Bottle

Giveaway

A huge thank you to everyone who made a donation to help Kimberly Willcox get back to the work of making art. Imagine if every person who reads this blog just donated what they could – whether that was $5 or $500 – imagine how quickly the numbers would add up…

There is still time to make a donation and enter the giveaway. {Heck, I hope you will consider making a donation even if you don’t want to enter the giveaway!}

Details right here. Hey – have I mentioned that DAM readers rock?! Much love to all of you!

kevin o’grady’s borosilicate glass bracelets

Susan Lomuto — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:23:34 +0000

Kevin O’Grady experimented until he perfected the techniques that allow him to create vivid, riotous colors in Pyrex, a durable glass previously only available in a limited range of dull colors. Many of O’Grady’s lampworked Pyrex bracelets feature hand pulled murrini canes and he often sets the glass into precious metal hinges and clasps. Feels like I am looking deep into some unknown pocket of the sea – I want to jump in and explore.

Faceted Coral Reef,
lampworked Pyrex glass

Inca Bangle,
hand carved glass coated with pure silver, sterling silver, magnetic clasp

Oceanic Bangle Bracelets

click image to see large

Read an interview with Kevin O’Grady here

Take a look at the dramatic marketing shots in this blog post by O’Grady’s photographer David Orr.

robert farrell’s toys

Susan Lomuto — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:39:18 +0000

My laptop died while I was out of town last week which is why there have been no new posts from daMuse. The repairs should be complete later today and then I will pick up the computer, head home and get back to work.

This morning I was able to borrow a computer to write a quick post – after the stories I’ve heard this weekend and my own challenges, I’m ready for lighthearted play. You too? Take a look at Robert Farrell’s elegant silver toys and let your cares fall away for a moment.

Green Zebra House
Sterling, copper, brass, enamel, 23k gold leaf. 11″ long.
Enamel on copper, articulated.

Seussmobile
Sterling, copper, brass, enamel. 11″ long.
Fabricated, enamel on copper, articulated.

Green Wagon
Sterling, copper, brass, enamel. 11″ long.
Fabricated, enamel on copper, articulated.

Love his wall pieces too.

“All of the pieces that I produce begin as sheet metal and wire. The patterns that you see are inlays rather than surface applications. All objects are hollow constructions, fabricated with the use of simple hand tools and an acetylene torch. There is no lathe-work, no casting, no mass-production techniques of any kind.”

veruska vagen’s glass dot mosaics

Susan Lomuto — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:29:10 +0000

When the small factory that produced the fusible glass dots Veruska Vagen uses for her dot de verre portraits was forced to close, Vagen bought every last dot so that she could continue to create the unusual portraits that have become her signature. Vagen developed the unique mosaic technique during her 12 year tenure working at the William Morris Studio.

In The Wind, 15.5″ x 12″

The work is a contemporary interpretation of traditional mosaics in a fused glass format. To create a portrait, thousands of the 3 millimeter dots are hand placed on glass tile, adhered using repositionable adhesive. Fired twice in the kiln, the adhesive burns off and the dots fuse to the tile, leaving a pixiled image.

Shakespeare, 17″ x 11″

Slavic Girl, image size: 7 1/4″ x 4 1/2″

“Inspired by art history, an intriguing visage or a compelling character, Vagen believes that, though individually unique, human countenance offers a shared and universal language. Within every nuance, faces and expressions enable us to not only recognize a familiarity or loved one, but also act as mirrors, reflecting back to us our own emotions and deepest truths.” From Davis and Cline Gallery

Little Missouri After Kind, 17″ x 10.25″

“Combining the look of Roman mosaics, Photoshop filters and Medieval tapestries, Vagen’s current work focuses on the portrait as a vehicle for merging epoch’s and styles of art that are at first incongruous. The use of dot de verre, a material developed incidentally by an inventor and aerospace engineer in Florida (he called the glass “confetti” with good reason!), acts as a literal and metaphorical fusion of these histories.” From Duane Reed Gallery

lisa zerkowitz’s glass and steel landscapes

Susan Lomuto — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:33:38 +0000

Lisa Zerkowitz splits her time between her studio where she creates cast glass and steel landscapes, and Two Tone Studios, where she and husband Boyd Sugiki produce a line of functional blown glassware. Zerkowitz’s landscapes are meant to evoke quiet moments in time that pass quickly; that cannot be put into words, only feelings. Scroll down to read how she combines the glass, steel and ink and watch the video below to see more – including a glimpse of the process involved in making blown glass beach balls (see in the last image on this pos)t.

November, kiln cast glass, steel, ink, 20”x20”x3”

Of Moss and Fern, kiln cast & slumped glass, steel, ink, 49”x49”x4”

The Play of Light , kiln cast glass, steel, ink, bronze, 21”x32”x3”

Morning’s Blanket, kiln cast glass, steel, ink, 10”x10”x4”

Beach Balls, blown & cold worked glass, 5”-15”d

“The steel panels in the Botanical pieces are my canvas; where the landscape begins to take form from a simple line. Each mark traps ink that I apply to the surface of the steel, to provide a marriage of color and form. The glass and bronze elements provide a layering that is akin to the organics of nature. Most importantly, the glass is the light, bringing the viewer to a specific moment in time when light and nature combined are a language of their own.” Lisa Zerkowitz

elizabeth ryland mears: flameworked twigs and sculpture

Susan Lomuto — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:17:28 +0000

When I found Elizabeth Ryland Mears’ flameworked glass twig bundles and sculptures they resonated with a place deep inside. And so timely, my discovery of Mears’ work. For the last two weeks I have been gathering and collecting bits and pieces of tree branches, bark, pebbles – thinking about how these fragments are as beautiful as the whole – more about that soon.

Bowl, Glass, Flameworked, Sandblasted, Wood, 5″h x 12″w x 12″d

Legend Conferred
Glass, Flameworked, Sandblasted, Steel, Sand, Lusters, 8″h x 12″w x 12″d

The award winning artist’s creations “reflect her relationships to her inner and her outer worlds and use nature as the theme to express those relationships.”

Large Bundle of Twigs with Knitted Copper Wrap Detail
Glass, Flameworked, Sandblasted, Waxed Linen, Lusters, Copper, Steel
6″h x 26″w x 5″d

There are several collaborative pieces in the collection – Mears creates the glass and her daughter, L. Lindsay Mears, adds imagery and poetry. A beautiful combination. I read this poem and felt a deep calm – a gift for all who read it and understand.

The Great Wandering

THE GREAT WANDERING

by L. Lindsey Mears

Here is the Great Wandering
Lone vine pouring from oak into air

Dark hours reaching into dawn

Salt scents floating over vast waters

The sweet breathing of flowers

The Universe opening in quiet moments

Horizontal Bundle of Twigs in Knitted Sling
Glass, Flameworked, Sandblasted, Waxed Linen, Lusters, Silver, Steel
8″h x 24″w x 9″d

Legends Bequeathed Detail Glass
Flameworked, Sandblasted, Waxed Linen, Lusters, Copper, Steel, 30″h x 9 “

emmanuel toffolo: flameworked insects

Susan Lomuto — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:14:27 +0000

Emmanuel Toffolo is keeping the flame burning. The young artist, son of master flameworker Cesare Toffolo, proves he’s got what it takes with these exquisite glass bugs.

More here

bruce marks’ totems

Susan Lomuto — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:57:29 +0000

South African born glass artist Bruce Marks, now living in London, credits a recent trip back to his homeland with a marked shift in his current body of work. I first saw Marks’ sculpture at SOFA NY 2010, where he was represented by Zest Gallery and was immediately drawn to this giraffe head (scroll down for the giraffe). Further research uncovered his website and the glorious Totem series.

“Totemic” is a term used to group together sculptures which have a definite vertical configuration. Its origins are the standing figures in most cultural traditions. Locked and stacked to create monumental works which seem to resound with echoes of an ancient past.These totems represent fragments of my life in Africa that I hold dear. Exploring colour, design, and assemblage; I try and use intense colors to bring my work to life.