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ART GLASS
Glass is a mysterious material. Few people understand how art glass is made. From sand to glass, artists can create objects of beauty using nothing but fire and simple tools and techniques that have been handed down though the ages. In this short presentation you will see some art glass works of American born artist David Sandidge. David Sandidge's work incorporates primarily two style of glass making.
The first style is called “lampworking”. This process uses a torch or “lamp” as was used hundreds of years ago to heat glass rods to a molten state then shape and form by hand.
The second style is called “off-hand” glassblowing. This process uses molten glass which is gathered on the end of a steel blow pipe out of a furnace that is heated to temperatures in excess of 2300 degrees Fahrenheit
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ARTIST STATEMENT
“In the medium of glass, the personal expression can be infinitely diverse. I reveal myself with humor, satire, sarcasm, dark foreboding, happiness, and perhaps every personal emotion that my heart, mind, and soul may have experienced from one day to the next. In all of my work, I strive to convey these emotions with, movement, bold colors, and personality.”
"When you buy from an artist, you are buying more than just a painting, a sculpture, or a song, you are buying hundreds of hours of experimentation and thousands of failures. You are buying days, weeks, months, and years of frustration and moments of pure joy. You are buying nights of worry about paying the rent, having enough money to feed the children, the birds, the dog. You are not just buying a thing, you are buying a piece of heart, part of a soul, a private moment in someone’s imagination. Most importantly, you are buying that artist more time to do something that they are truly passionate about, something that makes all of the above worth the fear and the doubt, something that puts the life into the living". - author unknown -
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