Janet Kelman - "Bottle 13 Black" Perfume Bottle
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"Bottle 13 Black" Perfume Bottle.
Blown Glass Sculpture.
3 5/8" H x 3" Diameter.
Janet Kelman
Janet Kelman has loved working with glass all of her adult life. As a Chemistry student at University of Michigan, she watched, fascinated, as the glassblower made instruments for the labs. She taught herself lampworking, blowing glass with a torch. With a partner, she built a glassblowing studio in Royal Oak, MI and made vases and perfume bottles there for eight years. She learned to create fused pieces in an electric kiln and some of her early fused glass is in the Corning Museum of Glass. More recent fused glass was exhibited at ArtPrize in Grand Rapids, MI, in 2016 and 2017. Since 1985, she has designed and created decorative sandblasted architectural glass. Her work graces homes and businesses across metro Detroit.
Driven by curiosity about the material, Janet has designed and fabricated many diverse fused and slumped architectural projects. Included are a five foot tall Sanctuary Lamp for the Chapel of the Jesuit Retreat Center in Oshkosh, WI, and an eighteen foot wall piece for the Boardroom of NSF Headquarters in Ann Arbor, MI.
In her own work, Janet is drawn to themes of water and the plants and animals that inhabit it. Using these elements, she creates patterned layers that seem to float. Images weave in and out, suggesting flow and movement and, metaphorically, buried thoughts and feelings.
After maintaining a studio in Royal Oak for thirty-five years, Janet moved her workshop to Ann Arbor in 2009.
Vessel Series
Curiosity about layers and depth of perception led me to the Vessel series. Peering into water, as a metaphor for awareness, I wonder how much can be known and what is always hidden? What is that movement, that darting about? An ephemeral glimpse may be all that is within reach.
My work is made of many pieces of glass that are fused together in an electric kiln. I "pre-fire" pieces with a large variety of colors and patterns and then make choices. The fired glass often holds many surprises as the colors and patterns melt and merge. The fused glass is then "slumped" into a mold, at a lower temperature. I consider each Vessel a painting in glass.
All sales on original artwork are final. No discounts apply.
Blown Glass Sculpture.
3 5/8" H x 3" Diameter.
Janet Kelman
Janet Kelman has loved working with glass all of her adult life. As a Chemistry student at University of Michigan, she watched, fascinated, as the glassblower made instruments for the labs. She taught herself lampworking, blowing glass with a torch. With a partner, she built a glassblowing studio in Royal Oak, MI and made vases and perfume bottles there for eight years. She learned to create fused pieces in an electric kiln and some of her early fused glass is in the Corning Museum of Glass. More recent fused glass was exhibited at ArtPrize in Grand Rapids, MI, in 2016 and 2017. Since 1985, she has designed and created decorative sandblasted architectural glass. Her work graces homes and businesses across metro Detroit.
Driven by curiosity about the material, Janet has designed and fabricated many diverse fused and slumped architectural projects. Included are a five foot tall Sanctuary Lamp for the Chapel of the Jesuit Retreat Center in Oshkosh, WI, and an eighteen foot wall piece for the Boardroom of NSF Headquarters in Ann Arbor, MI.
In her own work, Janet is drawn to themes of water and the plants and animals that inhabit it. Using these elements, she creates patterned layers that seem to float. Images weave in and out, suggesting flow and movement and, metaphorically, buried thoughts and feelings.
After maintaining a studio in Royal Oak for thirty-five years, Janet moved her workshop to Ann Arbor in 2009.
Vessel Series
Curiosity about layers and depth of perception led me to the Vessel series. Peering into water, as a metaphor for awareness, I wonder how much can be known and what is always hidden? What is that movement, that darting about? An ephemeral glimpse may be all that is within reach.
My work is made of many pieces of glass that are fused together in an electric kiln. I "pre-fire" pieces with a large variety of colors and patterns and then make choices. The fired glass often holds many surprises as the colors and patterns melt and merge. The fused glass is then "slumped" into a mold, at a lower temperature. I consider each Vessel a painting in glass.
All sales on original artwork are final. No discounts apply.
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