Live Hot Shop Streaming Video
We are excited to announce the launch of streaming video through the website. In the upcoming days you will be able to see what is going on the hot shop from anywhere in the world. More details will be posted soon.
We are excited to announce the launch of streaming video through the website. In the upcoming days you will be able to see what is going on the hot shop from anywhere in the world. More details will be posted soon.
Jeremy has a body of work that uses imagery from city landscapes painted on glass. Sometimes that imagery is painted on glass in the form of something that from the city’s landscape, an 18-wheeler or in this case a water tower.
At his Portland studio, using a special paint made for this purpose, Jeremy painted […]
Mel’s work this week was largely about memories of Australia. Currently a Portland resident, she misses many things about her home country. In this video you’ll see her working with our team to make one of a series of simplified tree forms. Several of these were quite large, and the one in […]
Jeremy and Mel (husband and wife) are up from Portland and have plans to do some really cool work this week. This is the last week of a very successful Summer Series of Visiting Artists, and I think Jeremy and Mel will make for a great finale.
In this video clip, they introduce themselves and […]
Dave often uses imagery from fairy tales in his work which he paints onto the surface of the glass. But very often, the glass form itself helps tell the story. In this case, Dave is making a shape inspired by a beanstalk, and you’ve probably guessed the painted imagery will be from Jack […]
Dave Walters creates some really amazing work and has been at the Museum working with other artists many times. This week, he is the Visiting Artist and everyone else is assisting him. Dave often paints on glass vessels with a level of detail and precision that is truly eye-catching. In this video […]
Joining us from Canada this week is Jay MacDonnell. Jay plans to continue working in his Formulations series, and in the video he discusses the work using a recently made piece as an example.
Similar to the drop shaped forms in his piece for our Mining Glass show, Fred Wilson has been working with our team to create more black glass drops. Many of these will be a part of installations involving globes, the black glass dripping off them like oil or tar.
I met Fred Wilson this morning, and he seems like a very down-to-earth guy and very interesting to talk to. He is one of the best known contemporary artists in the country and also has work in our Mining Glass exhibition. Much of his work deals with issues of race and stereotypes. […]
Before he arrived in Tacoma, Marc sent us a sketch and photos of wasp nests. He wanted the glassblowing team to have a sense of what he wanted to do during this week. Much quicker than he expected, the team was able to combine several glassblowing techniques to create wasp nests that were […]