Louis Sclafani

'Shard Bottle' Abstracted Glass Sculpture

1988

Kazumi Ohno is inspired by a wide range of objects and the world around her, not limited to memory and older things. The works in this series, Voyage of Memories, are influenced by c...

Louis Sclafani’s exploration in glass began as an undergraduate majoring in ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, New York. In 1976, Louis spent a semester abroad studying ceramics at the Siena School of Art, Italy. On a field trip to Venice, he found himself fascinated by the glass of Venice and the Island of Murano. He secured an apprenticeship with renowned glass sculptor Loredano Rosin and returned to Venice soon after to launch deeper into the world of glass. While living in a tent on a roof top behind Loredano’s studio, he learned from the best and found his own artistic direction. This “summer” job would last three years. His experience in Venice since 1976 has given him an extended family and the pleasure of working with Davide Fuin...

Louis Sclafani, while studying in 1976 at the Siena School of Art in Italy, became fascinated with glass on a trip to Venice and the Island of Murano. After a 3 year apprenticeship in Venice with renowned glass sculptor Loredano Rosin, Sclafani has been creating unique and technically advanced glass sculptures in his own studio in Rosendale, NY. Louis’s work is included in many private and public collections such as the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Art Museum, Tampa Museum of Art,Museum of American Glass, and the Prescott Collection in Seattle. Fish Monger...

These works use the lost-wax kiln-casting glass technique. First, he makes the original form of the babies in wax and then pours in refractory plaster to...

Kazumi Ohno is inspired by a wide range of objects and the world around her, not limited to memory and older things. Using a combination of glass blowing, lamp work, cut and polish, ...

Kazumi Ohno is inspired by a wide range of objects and the world around her, not limited to memory and older things. The works in this series, Voyage of Memories, are influenced by c...

Intricate, ethereal and highly textured, the abstract compositions of Japanese mosaic artist Toyoharu Kii reflect a sophisticated approach to the technical art of mosaic making. Clas...

Intricate, ethereal and highly textured, the abstract compositions of Japanese mosaic artist Toyoharu Kii reflect a sophisticated approach to the technica...

Pohlman and Knowles began their collaboration in 1992. They use a variety of materials in their rich assemblages, including hot-sculpted glass, various metal works, found objects and beads, achieving a fine sense of formal balance. Three notable research field trips had a profound impact on their personal and artistic development: in 1997 they visited Zimbabwe and Botswana; returning to Africa they visited Ghana in 2000; and in 2002 they traveled to Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and East Africa. They gathered creative and emotional inspiration from these travels. These experiences are used to create sculptures that embody mythological stories in glass. Part of the narrative of the object is derived from the artists’ own travels and part by ancient cultures and magic of African life as witnessed by the two artists: “We have a point of origin and balance our elements within that framework. “ Selected Collections Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA Cancer Care Alliance Center, Seattle, WA Anne Gould Hauberg Collection, Seattle, WA Allen & Kathleen Shoup Collection, Seattle, WA Jon & Mary Shirley Collection, Seattle, WA Museum of American Glass, Millville, NJ Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL "Untitled, Homage Series", Figurative Glass Sculpture...

Cast glass, sandblasted carved glass, litho on brass and holograms. Steve Linn describes himself as a documentary sculptor, conducting meticulous research on each of his selected ...

Sandblasted carved glass, wood and bronze. Steve Linn describes himself as a documentary sculptor, conducting meticulous research on each of his selected subjects and choosing whi...

Sandblasted carved glass, wood and bronze. Steve Linn describes himself as a documentary sculptor, conducting meticulous research on each of his selected subjects and choosing whi...