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Jeremy Lepisto’s Process Video

By Justin Kuravackal, September 4, 2007 | Video; Lepisto, Jeremy

Jeremy has a body of work that uses imagery from city landscapes painted on glass. Sometimes that imagery is painted on glass in the form of something that from the city’s landscape, an 18-wheeler or in this case a water tower.
At his Portland studio, using a special paint made for this purpose, Jeremy painted […]

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Jeremy Lepisto & Mel George’s Photo Slideshow

By Justin Kuravackal, September 4, 2007 | Photos; George, Mel; Lepisto, Jeremy

Here are some photos of the two artists who joined us for the last week of the Summer Series. Check out Jeremy’s water tower forms and Mel’s simplified tree forms…

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Morning of Day Three

By Jeremy Lepisto, August 31, 2007 | George, Mel; Lepisto, Jeremy

Good Morning. A new day is about to start. Courtney had to leave, we now have Dan Friday to help us execute our concepts.
Yesterday’s process of “Rolling Up” Jeremy’s water towers seemed to go quite smoothly. Our pieces are still hot from yesterday, but we think they are all successful.
A quick lunch outing to Pick […]

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Beginning Day Two

By Jeremy Lepisto, August 30, 2007 | George, Mel; Lepisto, Jeremy

It is the morning of day two here at the Tacoma Glass Museum Hot Shop. With the raw of the furnace in the background, and anticipation of seeing the results of yesterdays blow time is mounting.
Our crew of amazing glass blowers, Alex, Gabe and Courtney, with a back up crew of Liz, Ben, Walter, and […]

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Jeremy Lepisto & Mel George’s Video Intro

By Justin Kuravackal, August 29, 2007 | Video; George, Mel; Lepisto, Jeremy

Jeremy and Mel (husband and wife) are up from Portland and have plans to do some really cool work this week. This is the last week of a very successful Summer Series of Visiting Artists, and I think Jeremy and Mel will make for a great finale.
In this video clip, they introduce themselves and […]

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Final Act for 2007 Hot Shop Summer Series

By Liz Cepanec, August 29, 2007 | George, Mel; Lepisto, Jeremy

Portland based artists Jeremy Lepisto and Mel George (husband and wife) will close the Summer Series for us this week.
The majority of artists in the Summer Series have an affiliation with Pilchuck Glass School, the Museum’s partner for this program. Jeremy and Mel co-taught CONSTRUCTING CONCEPTS at Pilchuck this summer for students […]

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Jeremy Lepisto’s Artist Statement

By Jeremy Lepisto, June 13, 2007 | Lepisto, Jeremy; Artist Statements

I am personally inspired by the everyday endeavors of people to improve and advance their position and place. I am intrigued by the overlapping of effort and the density of details that get combined to create a singular moment or structure.
In my work, I try to highlight the simple and ordinary workings of these situations […]

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