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Next month, the LongView Gallery will present : “Artists of the Washington Glass School – The First Ten Years“. In bringing The First Ten Years to Washington, DC, LongView Gallery asks artists and audience alike to cast aside traditional notions of glass art and participate in a new form of dialogue; one that looks to the future and not the past. This exhibition is still in the process of being curated by the gallery, but one of the works submitted is so amazing, below is a sneak peak of the show.
Elizabeth Ryland Mears and William “Tex” Forrest have created a collaborative sculpture piece. The illuminated work is over 6′ tall, made of flameworked glass, steel wire & fabric.
Liz Mears & Tex Forrest’ design sketch
Full-size sample
Liz & Tex at the glass school for a photo shoot of the finished sculpture
Elizabeth Mears shows the tactile detail of the glass….”embellishments”
The finished work – photography by Anything Photographic.
Detail of the lampworked glass
The First Ten Years is intended to celebrate – and instigate– the new directions contemporary glass is exploring through various artistic metaphors. Featured artists include: Tim Tate, Michael Janis, Erwin Timmers, Elizabeth Mears, Syl Mathis, Lea Topping, Robert Kincheloe and others.
Washington Glass School: The First 10 Years
1234 9th Street, NW, Washington, DC
May 19 – June 19,2011
Artist Reception, May 19th, 6:30-8:30 PM