2021 Member Exhibition

CONNECTIONS

Glass From Every Angle

2021 MEMBER EXHIBTION

“This year’s GAS Member exhibition, Connections: Glass From Every Angle is an inspiring representation of our membership, and the breadth of their experience, methods, and vision. We applaud our members and their accomplishments showcased in this inspiring collection of work!”

- Brandi P. Clark, Executive Director, Glass Art Society

Published in May 2021 as a part of the GAS 2021 Virtual Conference.

Lois Parker | Washday | Glass (pate de verre, blown, manufactured), vintage glass washboard, and iron (kilnforming) | 2019 | 100cm x 150cm x 200cm variable. (Photo: Simon Bruntnell)

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JURORS For our 2021 GAS Member Exhibition we would like to thank jurors Kelly Conway, Ki-Ra Kim, and Sue Schiepers, for their time and expertise. They reviewed 50+ GAS Member applications from over 10 different countries to select awards. They were impressed by the level and range of work that was submitted and congratulate all members who have participated.

Kelly Conway was the curator of American glass at The Corning Museum of Glass from 2013 to 2019 and the Carolyn and Richard Barry Curator of Glass at the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia, from 2007 to 2013. She curated and co-curated major exhibitions, including Tiffany’s Glass Mosaics (CMoG, 2017), Glass Studio Visiting Artist Exhibition Series (CMA, 2012), and Art of Glass 2 (CMA, 2009). Conway also led the reinstallation of the Crystal City gallery at CMoG in 2018 and the Chrysler Museum’s glass collection galleries which opened in 2014. She was the editor and author of Tiffany’s Glass Mosaics and was a contributor to Glass: Masterworks from the Chrysler Museum of Art, both published in 2017. Conway is currently pursuing her doctorate at the College of William & Mary, focusing on the development of American museums and collecting in the early 20th century. She was previously a board member of the Glass Art Society from 2015-2020.

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Ki-Ra Kim was born in Incheon, Korea, in 1959 and studied Ceramics at Hong-Ik University, Korea. After earning MAE and BFA In Glass from the Rhode Island School of Design, she returned to Korea in 1989 and was instrumental in introducing the Studio Glass movement into Korea. She held up to 2021 one-person exhibitions sixteen times and participated in numerous group shows in such countries as Korea, the USA, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, Germany, England, etc. Ki-Ra Kim’s art-making processes serve to map the events of her life as well as provide a daily healing ritual. The artist adopts culturally shared metaphors, especially from the culture she grew up and lives in, and links them to her personal experiences and symbolism. She was a member of the 2005-2009 Glass Art Society Board of Directors and was a full-time instructor of the MFA glass program at Kookmin University in Seoul, Korea, during 1999-2021.

Sue Schiepers is an art historian. For six years, she made exhibitions commissioned by the Kunstforum Würth in Turnhout (Belgium). Her fascination for glass art actually came about by chance while putting together the glass exhibition ‘Fragile’. The glass microbe has not let go of her since. Today Sue Schiepers has her own art gallery in Hasselt (Belgium), specializing in contemporary glass. www.schiepersgallery.com She also works as an independent curator.

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AWARD WINNERS 1ST PLACE

Lois Parker | Washday | Glass (pate de verre, blown, manufactured), vintage glass washboard, and iron (kilnforming) | 2019 | 100cm x 150cm x 200cm variable (Photo: Simon Bruntnell)

Lois Parker

 British United Kingdom

Glass (pate de verre, blown, manufactured) Vintage glass washboard and iron.

Not for sale

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ARTIST STATEMENT I work with glass as the balance of science, craft, and art keep my attention. The iterative process of developing techniques and exploring issues moves my work towards a physical representation of the ideas I am interested in. This, Washday, piece, which includes sound in the full installation, brings together the serendipity of seeing a glass washboard in a vintage shop, my childhood using tin tubs and washboards, and outrage at new social housing in my area having no space for laundry to be hung outside. The soundtrack is not attached but can be heard on my website loisparker.art.

“The iterative process of developing technique and exploring issues moves my work towards a physical representation of the ideas I am interested in.”

BIOGRAPHY Lois Parker is an artist working primarily in kiln-formed glass but also includes film, sound, and performance. She merges the interests in the shaping of individual and group behaviour from her career as an organisational psychologist with a delight in making physical and film works that explore complex issues. These have included pieces on the social and individual experience of illness, including dementia. Current emerging work focuses on ‘trace fossils’, those signs of a life that remain when the being that made them is no longer present. This is part of a larger interest in the emotive power of objects and the enduring nature of relic behaviours. Following completion of an MA in Fine Art at Gloucestershire University, her work, Washday, was accepted for exhibition at the British Glass Biennale 2019.

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2ND PLACE

Sarah E. Vaugh | The Precarious Situations We Build | Glass (kiln casting, cold-construction) | 2019 | 4” x 3.5” x 5.5” (Photo: Sarah Vaughn)

Sarah E Vaugh

 American United States of America

Kiln casting, cold-construction Not for sale

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ARTIST STATEMENT I utilize glass to create sculptural objects that reflect my life. In my process, I draw from memory and personal experience, exploring emotions, the threads connecting people while trying to find understanding through them. I look to the relationships between past and present, blurring the lines separating real and imagined. The reality of the situation gives way to a metaphor created by removing my personal experience. My work mimics the world as I see and understand it, trying to tell a story whose roots are based in reality yet stands before the viewer as an ambiguous, fanciful narrative.

“I look to the relationships between past and present, blurring the lines separating real and imagined.”

BIOGRAPHY Sarah Vaughn grew up in Southern Illinois, discovering glass while pursuing a BFA at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Upon graduating, her thesis work was honored as the sole winner of the Rickert-Ziebold Trust Award, a prestigious competition for graduating seniors in Art and Design. She has been exploring the material ever since, working and teaching in numerous studios throughout the United States. Her work has been exhibited and collected internationally, receiving numerous accolades, and featured in Emerge 2008 and 2012 and American Art Collector. She has been a resident artist at the University of Oregon, The WORKS Museum in Ohio, and was the first MFA Traveling Assistant Resident at the Chrysler Museum Glass Studio. She was invited to participate in the inaugural residency program at Glass Wheel Studios in Norfolk, Virginia, where she worked for two years. After receiving her MFA from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2014, she was awarded a Research and Creativity Grant and invited to exhibit at SOFA Chicago. She has forged several award-winning collaborative practices with fellow artists and friends. Sarah currently resides in coastal Virginia, where she spends time with her dog while maintaining a private studio practice and continues to share her fascination with glass through teaching.

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3RD PLACE

Bri Chesler | Bruised Brute | Glass & mixed media (blown, carved, sandblasted, mirrored, and kiln-cast glass) | 2020 | 21 “x 35” x 33” (Photo: Bri Chesler)

Bri Chesler

 American United States of America

Blown, carved, sandblasted, mirrored, and kiln-cast glass. $6,800

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ARTIST STATEMENT Desire has shaped our insatiable drive and behavior. Drawing from the wild and erotic character of the natural environment, I abstract forms found both in biology and botany by reflecting on cultural obsessions of beauty and desire. By creating sculptures that play with and mock the viewers’ inability to control their attraction, I aim to capture the visceral experience of our carnal nature as freakishly alien and indifferent - unveiling the awkward, comical, and grotesque moments of desire by flirting with the introverted perversions of being human.

“I abstract forms found both in biology and botany by reflecting on cultural obsessions of beauty and desire.”

BIOGRAPHY Bri Chesler is a multidisciplinary artist focusing on three-dimensional design and sculptural installation. During her undergraduate studies at the Kansas City Art Institute, a strong interest in transparency and molten media led her to explore glass. Chesler’s work is known for its nontraditional approach, combining different glass techniques with other media. Inspired by moments of intimacy that toe the line between our carnally driven desires and the hunger for empathy, she captures the intoxicating lure of indulgence and the vulnerability it inflicts on our fragile character. Drawing from the wild and erotic character of the natural environment, her work reflects on cultural obsessions of beauty and their relationships to internal anatomies. By fusing similar elements found in biology and botany, she creates forms that ‘flirt’ with the audience, exploring ideas of intimacy and desire. Bri Chesler has been featured at the Bellevue Arts Museum in Washington and was a 2019 Pilchuck Emerging Artist-in-Residence. She was also the recipient of the 2020 Chihuly Gardens and Glass Anniversary Scholarship and has been invited to teach at Pilchuck Glass School in 2022.

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PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

Julie Alland | Personal Archeology 5 | Glass `& enamels (enameled, broken, re-assembled, and fused back together in a kiln) | 2019 | 21.75” x 19.5” x 7.75” (including stand) (Photo: Julie Alland)

Julie Alland

 American United States of America

Enameled, broken, re-assembled and fused back together in a kiln.

Not for sale

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Sitar Balaban | kind of a woman | Glass, fabric & drawstring (glass blowing, cold working, sewing) | 2020 | 31.5” x 16” x 10” (Photo: ShaI Atzmon)

Sitar Balaban  Israeli Israel Painted umbrella with virtual paint, fishing line, AstroTurf cut into circle placed below. $1,500

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Anna Boothe | Getting to Know | Glass, metal chain (lost-wax, kiln-cast and assembled lead crystal) | 2019 | approx. 3” x 47” x 45” (Photo: Rick Echelmeyer)

Anna Boothe

 American United States of America

Lost-wax, kiln-cast and assembled lead crystal. $12,000

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Lothar Böttcher | Crouching Leopard | Schott BALK3 optical crystal (cold-worked: hand carved, cut & polished on Spatzier lathe) | 2021 | 19cm x 6cm x 20cm (Photo: Lothar Böttcher)

Lothar Böttcher  South African/German South Africa Cold-worked: Hand carved, cut and polished on Spatzier Lathe. $2,800

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Robin Brailsford | The Grand Canyons of La Jolla | LithoMosaic (glass, stone, porcelain, and concrete) | 2020 | 2350’ square feet (Photo: Walter Munk Foundation for the Oceans)

Robin Brailsford

 American United States of America

LithoMosaic: glass, stone, porcelain and concrete.

Not for sale

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Fiona Byrne | Seven Sisters | Cold worked & engraved glass, various gold leaf (12-23ct) (cold working, engraving, water gilding) | 2020 | 7 pieces - each pieces 50mm H x 55mm D (Photo: Michael Dodds)

Fiona Byrne  Irish Switzerland Cold working, engraving, water gilding. $1,700

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Hyesook Choi | A series of relics from the early 21st Century - Relic purse | Glass | 2020 | 26”H x 77”W x 51”L (Photo: Myoung Studio)

Hyesook Choi  Korean South Korean Glass Not for sale

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Davin Ebanks | But occasionally, from out of this matter… (Portrait of the Artist) | Glass (blown, hotsculpted & sand-carved glass) | 2019 | 14”H x 5”W x 8”D (Photo: Jamie Hahn)

Davin Ebanks  Cayman/American United States of America Blown, Hot-sculpted & Sand-carved Glass.

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Alexandra Fresch (co-created with Celeste Malvar=Stewart) | Podded Plants | Borosilicate glass, raw Ohio wool & alpaca, wood (flameworked borosilicate glass & hand-felting) | 2019 | 38” x 32” x 7” (Photo: Alexandra Fresch)

Alexandra Fresch

 American United States of America

Flameworked Borosilicate Glass and Hand-felting $1,800

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Hannah Gibson Glass | Tangible Hope | 100% recycled Covid 19 glass vials: one Astra Zeneca, the other Pfizer (gast glass using 100% recycled glass) | 2021 | 3.5cm x 2.5cm x 1cm (Photo: Alick Cotterill)

Hannah Gibson Glass  British United Kingdom Cast Glass using 100% recycled glass.

Not for sale

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Morgan Gilbreath | Nativity | Deflated sports balls from the artist’s elementary school gym class cast in solid glass, found glass color bar trimmings, runner carpet (kiln-cast & coldworked) | 2020 |10” H x 44” W x 199” L (Photo: Morgan Gilbreath)

Morgan Gilbreath

 American United States of America

Kiln-Cast and Coldworked $25,000

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Tuva Gonsholt | Creature | Glass (freeblown, ground, masked, sandblown & brush polished glass) | 2021 | 5cm x 16cm x 16cm (Photo: Tom Riis)

Tuva Gonsholt  Norwegian Norway

Freeblown, ground, masked, sandblown and brush polished glass.

Not for sale

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Tali Grinshpan | Crossings | Glass & acrylic (pate de verre) | 2019 | 6” x 3” x 15” (Photo: Keay Edwards)

Tali Grinshpan  Israeli/American United States of America Pate de verre $4,800

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Tegan Hamilton | Anatomy XI | Glass (hot sculpted glass) | 2020 | 25cm x 22cm x 9cm (Photo: Camille Bergerson)

Tegan Hamilton  Australian Australia Hot Sculpted Glass. $3,000

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Ricardo Hoineff | #CORAL_1 | Glass, industrial rubber (blown and fused glass) | 2020, Glass measures 88cm x 86cm with thickness up to 6 cm. With rubber tendons, 160 cm (Photo: Filip Švácha)

Ricardo Hoineff  Brazilian/Czech Czech Republic Blown and fused glass. $4,612

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Matthew Jacob | Timing Is Really Hard | Neon with looping arduino animation (Neon bending techniques are used to bend and pump each double-stroke, 10mm snow white letter. A programmed arduino board with a number of programmable transformers power each letter, and allow for the blinking pattern, which loops every twenty seconds. Mounted to sign board) | 2019 | 8’ x 4.5’ x 6” (Photo:Matthew Jacob) Click Image to View Video

Matthew Jacob  American United States of America Neon bending.

Not for sale

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Saman Kalantari | Still life | Glass, paper & pigment (pate de verre, mixed media) | 2019 | variable (Photo: Saman Kalantari).

Saman Kalantari  Iranian/Italian Citizen Italy pate de verre.mixed media. $7,500

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Rita Kellaway | Aqua Abluvio | Glass (kiln-formed and cold worked) | 2020 | 14.5” x 4.7” x 2” (Photo: Michael Haines)

Rita Kellaway  Australian Australia kiln-formed and cold worked. $2,900

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Su-yeon Kim | Forest of the stools : dark | Glass (kiln formed) | 2019 | 59.5cm x 49.5cm x 0.3cm (Photo: Su-yeon Kim)

Su-yeon Kim  Kiln Formed.

Not for sale

Korean

South Korea

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Alison Kinnaird | Subway Photographer | Engraved, laminated glass, stainless steel stand (wheel engraving, lamination) | 2019 | 120cm x 60xm x 40cm (Photo: Robin Morton)

Alison Kinnaird  Scottish Scotland Wheel engraving and lamination. $11,900

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Sašo Kompare | MMXXI-III-1, Glass (fused sheet of glass with glass powders) | 2021 | 30cm x 40cm x 0.6cm (Photo: Sašo Kompare)

Sašo Kompare 

Slovenian

Slovenia

Fused sheet of glass with glass powders $600

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Karen Lise Krabbe | TOGETHER | Glass & olivine (3d print by hand, sandcast pâte-de-verre) | 2021 | 13cm x 17cm x 9 cm (Photo: Ole Hein Petersen)

Karen Lise Krabbe  Danish Denmark 3d print by hand, sandcast pâte-de-verre. $1,200

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Morgan Madison | Someplace Else IX | Kiln formed glass (kiln formed, powder printed, and cold worked glass) | 2019 | 8” x 12” x 1” (Photo: Morgan Madison)

Morgan Madison

 American United States of America

Kiln formed, powder printed and cold worked glass. $575

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Crista Van Slyck Matteson | Forest Watcher, Kiln cast glass (hollow core, kiln cast glass using the lost-wax process) | 2020 | 17” H x 17” W x 9” D (Photo: Daniel Fox)

Crista Van Slyck Matteson

 American United States of America

Hollow core, kiln cast glass using the lost wax process.

Not for sale

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Ranna McNeil | The Weaver, Cast glass (lost-wax kiln casting) | 2020 | 8.5” x 8.5” x 8.5” (Photo: Robert Dash)

Ranna McNeil Lost wax kiln casting $1,800

 American United States of America

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Carol Milne | Wrapt | Glass, lead crystal & borosilicate (lost-wax casting, flameworking, assemblage) | 2020 | 19” x 33” x 18” (Photo: Carol Milne)

Carol Milne  Canadian/American United States of America lost wax casting, flameworking, assemblage $17,000

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Kamila Mróz | Do we really have a choice? | Borosilicate glass, noble gases mixture, white-painted plywood box (flameworked, cold cathode discharge tube technology) | 2019 | 95cm x 42cm x 15cm (Photo: Kamila Mróz)

Kamila Mróz  Polish Poland flameworked, cold cathode discharge tube technology. $2,700

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Kathryn Kirk Murphy | sorry (i ain’t sorry) (blobject) | Glass, enamel & hand cut mylar sorry confetti (blown and hot torched glass, enamel) | 2019 | 12 x 10 x 10” (Photo: Anne Peterson)

Kathryn Kirk Murphy

 American United States of America

Blown and hot torched glass, enamel. $2,500

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Laura Quinn | Flop Light I | Borosilicate glass, silicone, cotton thread, electrical lighting components (lampworking, water jet cutting, sewing) | 2021 | 25cm x 20cm x 20cm (Photo: Laura Quinn)

Laura Quinn  Irish United Kingdom Lampworking, water jet cutting, sewing. $2,000

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Julia C Rogers (in collaboration with Eric Depan) | Ambre Ombré Octopussy | Blown, engraved & sculpted glass | 2020 | 40cm x 19cm x 19cm (Photo: Julia Rogers)

Julia C Rogers

 American United States of America

Blown, engraved, hot sculpted glass. $5,800

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Cathryn Shilling | Synchronous | Glass cane & 24k gold (kiln-formed) | 2021 | 4.5 x 5.5 x 18 (Photo: Ester Segarra)

Cathryn Shilling  British United Kingdom Kiln-formed. $5,500

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Bibi Smit | Dawn | Glass (blown & sandblasted) | 2020 | 40cm x 100cm x 50cm (Photo: Frieda Mellema)

Bibi Smit  Dutch The Netherlands Blown and sandblasted. $11,200

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Helen Slater Stokes | In the Pink | Glass, ceramic transfer & stainless steel (kiln-formed glass) | 2019 | 42cm x 42cm x 6.5cm (Photo: Helen Slater Stokes)

Helen Slater Stokes  British United Kingdom Kiln-formed glass. $2,900

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KCJ Szwedzinski | Conversations About Fragmentation | Mirror, copper foil, solder (soldered glass) | 2020 | 24” x 36” (Photo: Mark Fainstein)

KCJ Szwedzinsk Mirror, copper foil, solder. $2,700

 American United States of America

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Emma Varga | Forces Of Nature - Revival #3 | Glass (constructed object: pâte de verre elements applied onto blown glass cylinder) | 2021 | 58cm x 11.5cm x 11.5cm (Photo: Emma Varga)

Emma Varga  Australian Australia Constructed object: pâte de verre elements applied onto blown glass cylinder. $8,200

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Kwun Lan Wong | I came all the way to meet you | Hot sculpted glass, assembled, steel (hot sculpting) | 2020 | 35cm x 20cm x 49cm (Photo: Kwun Lan Wong)

Kwun Lan Wong  Chinese Hong Kong Hot sculpted glass, assembled, steel. $1,200

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Yuan (Bobby) Yin | Stillness in the absence of Glass | Performance art (Video Editing/ Glass blowing), 2019, 4’32’’ (Photo: Jiaqi Shi & Songyang Lee) Click Image to View Video

Yuan (Bobby) Yin  Chinese Canada Video editing and glassblowing Not for sale

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Jinya Zhao | non-existent existence 3 | glass (blown glass) | 2020/ 2021 | 21cm x 21cm x 28.4cm (Photo: Wang Zhi)

Jinya Zhao  Chinese China Blown Glass $2,500

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HOW TO PURCHASE Enjoy any of the pieces in this exhibition catalog? Many of the artworks featured are available for purchase. Follow the instructions below to bring a piece of this exhibition into your own home.

Artwork available for sale includes a price at the bottom of the page.

STEP 1: EMAIL GLASS ART SOCIETY Send an email to Jenna Green at jenna@glassart.org and include the artist’s name and title of work in the subject line. Please mention your location (country and postal code) and communication preference (email or phone.)

STEP 2: CONNECT WITH THE ARTIST GAS will connect you with the artist via email or phone depending on your preference.

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