Artist Statement
I consider myself a sculptor who sometimes uses glass rather than a glass artist, because I find that I only use glass when it feels appropriate to do so and usually in conjunction with other materials.
I have always felt that glass objects have an inherently ephemeral, otherworldly character to them. A sculpture made of bronze for example, seems weighted in reality and has an undeniable physical presence. An identical object made of glass has the effect of existing within the narrow gap between the real and the imagined. We are aware of the object's presence and yet our eye doesn't stop at its surface, but passes through.
Consequently, when I use glass in a sculpture, especially when used alongside other materials, the glass element represents the "idea" of the real life object it has been made to look like, rather than being simply a replica of a recognizable object fabricated in glass.
The glass object both is and isn't there and it is this relationship coupled with the juxtaposition of glass' interior and exterior surfaces that truly intrigues and inspires me.
Cold Working Process
Education
California College of Arts and Crafts (2000-2004)
BFA in Glass awarded June 2004
University of Colorado at Boulder (1998-1999)
Major: English Literature
Exhibitions
1000 Rings
Untitled ring design page 41:
Lark Books, Sterling publication 2004
New Artists, New Work
Public Glass Gallery, Spring 2004
San Francisco, California
Wild Enough to Make You Look
Eleven O Seven Gallery, Fall 2003
Oakland, California
Professional Experience
Artist's assistant to Professor Clifford Rainey, California College of Arts and Crafts Glass Department Chair. 2004-2005
Teacher's Assistant to Instructor Pamina Traylor.
California College of Arts and Crafts: Glass I. 2001-2003
Gaffer to Marilyn Da Silva: Tamagosya 2001
Teacher's Assistant to Instructor Eric Eiserling
California College of Arts and Crafts: Basic Blowing. 2001-2002
Apprentice to Eric Eiserling, Glass Artist. 2000-2002
California College of Arts and Crafts
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