GLASS ART GALLERY
GLASS ART
As a glass artist I try to push beyond what I currently know or am able to do. I like testing the boundaries of the science and techniques of my medium. Imagining something in three dimensions, designing it in my mind or in one or two dimensions and then figuring out how to bring it to life.
As a young person I intuitively knew about the potential of compositional forces. Studying light, color, and values gave me a deeper formal understanding. Then I started noticing the spaces as much as the materials I was working and saw quiet everywhere, in life and art.
Much of my glass work is currently focused on the unfilled spaces, the lacunae.
Lacunae are sometimes associated with extended periods of silence in music or blank spaces in the written word. This silence or space is like negative sound in contrast to the heard tones or words. Though no notes are played or words printed, a lacuna is a purposeful passage in the context of the overall work. The spaces in my glass art are like dedicated silences.
GLASS PROCESS
The type of glass technique I use is called kiln-forming or warm glass. Using a kiln to heat glass or glass pieces into objects is an ancient method dating back to 2000 BCE. In this process, a piece is designed using a variety of approaches common to all art, including cutting and shaping various types, sizes, and colors of glass, application of other metallic, glass or enamel-based substances to the glass surfaces, and composing the piece taking into account the layers and desired outcome.
Then using an electric kiln, I fire my work under carefully controlled circumstances, up to temperatures of 1800 degrees, over a period of 24 or more hours. Sometimes up to five firings may be required to achieve the appearance and form I am after. Other processes may also be employed along the way, including grinding and sanding with diamond tools, and adding more glass.
I use nothing but the highest quality raw materials, including professional art glass and glass products developed for the art and architecture community, as well as glass products I make myself.
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
Edge Gallery, Mo Print Show, Lakewood, Colorado (March, 2018)
Taller Than The Trees, Prism Workspaces, Denver, Colorado (November 3, 2017)
South End Arts, juried Holiday Art Hop, Burlington, Vermont (December 2016 - January 2017)
Artist in Residence juried gallery, St. Albans, Vermont (September 2016 - March 2017)
Studio 8 Art Show, Denver, Colorado (November 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
American Dreamers Holiday Artisans, Littleton, Colorado (November 2011 - January 2012)
Lakewood Cultural Center Annual Juried Holiday Show, Lakewood, Colorado (November - December 2011)
Holiday Art & Artisan Show, Denver, Colorado (November 2011)
Motion Studies, Glass Artists of the Pikes Peak Region Annual Juried Show, Manitou Springs, Colorado (June - August 2011)
Park East, Pueblo, Colorado (December 2010-March 2011)
Seamark Arts, Deer Isle, Maine (August 2010)
Gallery Mio, Denver, Colorado (October 2009)
OTHER
Delphi Glass annual catalog, featured artist (2015-2016)
Modern Creatives Blog, blinkphotographyinc, featured artist (September 2015)
Painted Platter, Denver, Colorado (January 2012 - April 2015), class instructor kiln-formed glass techniques, special glass projects, and acrylic painting on canvas
Haystack Mountain School, Deer Isle, Maine (August 2011), porcelain hand-building and surface techniques with Kevin Snipes
PLEASE NOTE
All designs by Alchemy Fine Art LLC are owned and copyrighted by Julie Murphy Seavy and may not be used or copied without written permission.