ABOUT THE ARTISTS

“I have been blowing glass since starting an apprenticeship with artist Garth Mudge in 1997. In 2001 my wife Allison and I opened our own studio in a small barn on our property in Washington state.
“I am amazed by the beauty that I find in nature. In my glasswork, I try to express
what I see as beautiful in our natural world. The things that attract me are usually
subtle and soft, but strong in their qualities of form, harmony and uniqueness. Tight
set patterns don’t attract me, random textures do. Examples outside are numerous;
the delicate curl of a drying leaf, the crusted bark of a tree, a spider’s web, a snow
drift, the subtle trailing of moss on a river rock.

“I hope that my glass work captures the beauty in these things and brings it to everyone who happens upon it. In a similar way I initiate the composition if color, but all the inherent properties of the colored glass to have their turn in the creation process. In this way, the color has its own influence on the finished work. My completed works are a result of allowing these natural forces to assist while also imposing my hand and eye to direct the glass toward a final form.”

ABOUT THE WORK

"In order to create each one of 9 kind piece, Jeremy and Allison incorporate traditional glassblowing skills together with woodworking and metalworking. Their simple, earthy forms serve as blank slates for their abstract, narrative imagery created by layering colors of glass and adding frit, powdered glass, and steel fibers. Finally, the surface is acid-etched, giving the finished piece its soft, matte finish and stone-like appearance. In their new mixe4 media sculptures, Jeremy and Allison introduce foun4d objects, reclaimed steel, and wood. According to the artists, "We use cultural artifacts as a way of exploring our relationship with the land and to remind us of our interconnection with nature, with each other, and with our collective past. "They are all ‘off hand’ blown glass – meaning they are blown at the end of a 5 foot pipe. The colorations are surface treatments, layers of colored glass added after the shape of the vessel is achieved. (The colors are a powdered glass sometimes known as ‘frit.’ ) Sometimes a layer of clear glass is added, after the colors, for dimension."

“A chemical etch that gives the final surface a matte texture. When the word “steel” is noted, this means a very finely spun steel wool is added to one of the glass layers. It is used for texture and to add dimension. The piercing is flame worked, or ‘popped.’

“The very nature of the construction of these pieces requires a team, two people working together. This is almost always Jeremy or Allison, or sometimes a studio hand.”

2004 Best of Glass, Sun Valley Center Arts and Crafts Festival, Sun Valley, ID
2003 Best of Glass, SunValley Center Arts and Crafts Festival, Sun Valley, ID

Corporate Collections

Hilton Hotels, Palm Beach FL
Nothwes Mutual Life Insurance, Milwaukee, WI
Pennsylvania Power and Light, Allentown, PA