312
$ 800
Laurel Marie Hagner
315
$ 835
Holly Johnson
Serene Splash
El Penguino
15 x 6 in Signed, 2013 Hot sculpted glass
9¾ x 5½ x 8 in Signed, 2013 Kiln-formed glass
Laurel Marie Hagner is the owner and artist behind Glassometry Studios LLC, located in Hood River, Oregon. She received her BFA cum laude from Northern Kentucky University in 2000, attended Penland School of Crafts, Pilchuck Glass School, and Centro Studio Vetro, in Venice, Italy. She has taught glass and metal sculpture classes at the Pratt Fine Arts Center, The Pacific Northwest College of Art, Brookfield Craft Center, The Art Academy of Cincinnati, Louisville Glassworks, and Glass Axis. She has completed numerous private and public commissions around the country.
Holly Johnson’s interest in glass began in Småland, Sweden, the center of Swedish glass art. She now has her own studio in Minnesota, having studied under master kiln-formers at Pilchuck Glass School and other programs. The inspiration for this auction piece began in the Galapagos, known for world-class diving and wildlife, including penguins. The lead cabin steward on Johnson’s live-a-board dive boat had different napkin folds for almost every meal. The penguin was the best and El Penguino is the second in the napkin folding series.
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curious@glassometry.com
313
$ 800
Natasha Kuring
316
$ 850
Benjamin S. Silver
I Thought I Was Moving
Crayola Red
12 x 12 in, each Signed, 2013 Mosaic
8 x 9 x 8 in Signed, 2013 Blown glass, coldworked
Natasha Kuring grew up in Tacoma, Washington, where she attended the Tacoma School of the Arts and the Hilltop Artists residence program. She graduated from the University of Washington, 3D4M program in 2011, where she focused on sculpture. In 2012, Kuring was a visiting artist at the Museum of Glass and, over the years, assisted various artists at Pilchuck Glass School. She currently resides in Seattle.
Ben Silver began glassblowing in 2007, in Eugene, Oregon. He learned many of the skills necessary to blow glass while apprenticing with artist Jeff Ballard, and continues to learn while acting as his assistant. He has attended The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass and Pilchuck Glass School. He continues to make and market his work under his company name, Bendini Glass.
bendiniglass.com
314
84
$ 800
Spencer Pittenger
317
$ 850
John T. Hogan
Escape Pod No. 2
Terrarium
8 x 7 x 7 in Signed, 2013 Hot sculpted glass, oil paint
14 x 16 in Unsigned, 2012 Blown, hot sculpted glass, live plants
Spencer Pittenger graduated from Alfred University in 2008. He has taken classes at Pilchuck Glass School and The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass. Pittenger uses hot sculpted glass, cast glass, and metal to create sculpture fueled by economic, industrial, scientific, and military concepts. He has worked for a number of artists in the San Francisco Bay area and has worked as glassblowing instructor at Pilchuck and Penland School of Crafts. In 2012, Pittenger and his wife, Gina Zetts, founded Oculus Glassworks, which specializes in lighting and home decor products. He currently lives and works in Rochester, New York.
John Hogan has been making glass with his friends for about ten years. Born and raised in Toledo, Ohio, the home of the studio glass movement, he began working with glass at a young age. His approach toward working with glass has always been about the manipulation and glorification of light and has shifted between functional wares and sculpture. Currently living in Seattle, Hogan is a member of 5416 Artist Collective.
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johnhogandesigns.com
Note: Live plants may need to be replaced.
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