Glass 3

I spent Saturday in Baltimore at the American Craft Council Show, but during my drive home I made a stop in DC to catch an exhibit in Georgetown called Glass 3. It is a collaboration of three glass art groups: The Washington Glass School from DC, The Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, and Cohesion (a network of glassmakers from Sunderland, United Kingdom). Having spent a number of hours at the ACC Craft Show looking at dozens of talented glass artists doing beautiful things with the craft of glass blowing, it was a treat to immerse myself in the next level of studio glass art. Glass 3 is a fantastic showing of where the studio glass art movement is going. We are not talking about pretty bowls and goblets here. This is conceptually rich museum quality work. Read a review of the show here.

With that said, my main goal was to check out the work of Tim Tate, Michael Janis and Erwin Timmers (all from the Washington Glass School). We will be featuring their work in our April show. This will be a "don't miss show" for all of Central Virginia. So mark your calendar now… April 4... Tim, Mike and Erwin - the rock stars of today's art glass movement - will be in Charlottesville celebrating the opening of their exhibit at Migration.

Images include:  Left, Time Tate - The Envy of the Inertia.  Middle, Michael Janis - Cannot Undo.  Right: Erwin Timmers - Testing Limits.

Other than Tim's, Mike's and Erwin's work, I was impressed with these Glass 3 artists:

Allegra Marquart (DC)

Sarah Blood (UK)

Phil Vickery (UK)

Glass 3 runs through March 9 and is at the Shops of Georgetown (3222 M Street – ground floor).

Comments

[Barbara]

Hello, Rob:

Impressive work by exceptional glass artists. Thanks for the alert and the images. Look forward to seeing the Migration Gallery glass artists exhibit in April.

Barbara

[Barney]

Excellent glass arts. Watching artists creating art works and blowing glass must be a great experience. Thanks for the link to Glass 3. Great pics.