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 Ed Pennebaker Red Fern Glass |
At a time when many designers/artists leave the crafting of their
designs to apprentices, fellow craftsmen, or even a factory style
setting, it is becoming rare for the designer to continue as the maker.
For me working directly with the glass is not only a time of inspiration
but a time period when I can concentrate on one thing only, the glass, a
time to leave the rest of the world behind. The ice, icicles, and frozen formations seen when I walk along the bluffs near my home and studio in the winter are another source of inspiration. The best time for walks is on those days after moisture and freezing temperatures have left icicles hanging off the bluffs. |
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those masses of icicles that have melted and refrozen there are mounds
of ice globules with wonderful textures, patterns, and optical
qualities. These icicles and frozen luminous transparent forms with
colorful moss, rocks, and leaves visible underneath are very much like
the chandeliers and clusters and exhibit the most important aspects of
glassmaking: form, color, and light. The many vines, fruits, and plants in the wild and in our garden also relate to the forms in the chandeliers. Grape vines and honeysuckle form tendrils that wind around anything nearby. I am constantly amazed at the myriad forms of sprouting buds, leaves, fruit, and seed pods in the many stages of development, maturation, withering, and decay that are such a variety of expressive shapes and forms. I want my work to take advantage of the luminous quality of transparency in glass. Light coming through the glass reveals texture and pattern and casts colors and shadows so the glass work interacts with its environment becoming a pure visual feast. All the individual pieces become a group and function as a chorus of forms like a choir of voices. The fluidity of glass is expressed in the curvilinear forms. And the voluptuousness of glass is expressed in the globular melon shapes that are ready to burst with ripeness. |
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