Mel’s work this week was largely about memories of Australia. Currently a Portland resident, she misses many things about her home country. In this video you’ll see her working with our team to make one of a series of simplified tree forms. Several of these were quite large, and the one in […]
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…
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
By translating common objects into glass and placing them together in simple settings, I try to distill the difficulty of finding a place for my personal past in my current surroundings.
[Posted by Justin on behalf of the artist.]
