Sandy Hartke - "Mars" Glass Sculpture
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"Mars"
Glass Sculpture
10" H x 6" W x 8" D.
Mars
A highly respected and influential astronomer by the name of Percival Lowell, published his observations of Mars in the early 1900's. From his books he propagated the existence of 'canals' on the surface of the red planet, unbeknownst to him that he was merely connecting lines and imaginary dots due to spherical aberrations in the glass lenses of his telescope. He had a direct influence on science fiction writers who continued the imagination of Martian engineers on Mars because he stated the canals existence as fact, until later disproven when in the 1960's the first Mars probes showed that they weren't there. Lenses carved onto the surface serve as the vehicle to emulate the spherical aberrations drawn from the surface imagery of the glass planetary form, to spark curiosity.
Ephemeris
The ancient Babylonians were far in advance of most other civilizations 3,000 years ago when it came to their comprehension of the heavens above. Their studies of celestial movement led them to develop a table, known as an Ephemeris, that recorded the exact coordinates of the stars and the five known planets that fueled their mythology of gods and goddesses. Several of these tables survive to this day as cuneiform-inscribed clay tablets. What is most fascinating out of the creation of the Ephemeris, is how it mirrored the way other civilizations found it important to create a map of the stars and chose to preserve such information.
Sandy Hartke
Present Employment
Glass Studio Technician/Teacher
Toledo Museum of Art, Glass Pavilion - 2019-present
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts (3D Studio Art), Concentration in Glassblowing, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH - December 2019
Associate of Business in Art, Concentration in Glassblowing, Hocking Community College, Nelsonville, OH - May 2017
Bachelor of Fine Arts study, Glass Blowing concentration, Appalachian Center for Craft, Tennessee Technical University, Smithville, TN 2012-2015
Master Classes
2022 "Erin Garmezy: Flameworking Glass", Toledo Museum of Art, Glass Pavilion, Toledo, OH May 9th -13th.
2020 "Gianni Toso: The Language of Glass", Toledo Museum of Art, Glass Pavilion, Toledo, OH, July 6th -10th.
2018 "Martin Stefanek: Sculptural Beakers", Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA, May 14th - 26th.
Awards
2023 Glass Axis Award, Professional, Ohio State Fair, Columbus, OH
2019 Glass Art Society Online Student Exhibition (Honorable Mention), St. Petersburg, FL
Exhibitions (Juried)
2024 Michigan Regional Glass Exhibition, West Bloomfield, MI
2024 Accessible Expressions Exhibition, Cincinnati, OH
2023 Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Columbus, OH
2022 Michigan Regional Glass Exhibition, West Bloomfield, MI
2019 BFA Exhibition, Dorothy Uber-Bryan Gallery, Bowling Green State University, OH
2019 Glass Art Society Online Student Exhibition, St. Petersburg, FL
2019 Michigan Regional Glass Exhibition, West Bloomfield, MI
Exhibitions (Non-Juried)
2018 Arts X, Fine Arts Center, Bowling Green State University, OH
2017 Associate of Business Art Show, Hocking Community College, Nelsonville, OH
Commissions
2023 Beth Lipman: Miles Law, Hillwood Museum, Washington D.C.
2023 Beth Lipman: ReGift, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
2023 Joyce J Scott: Decorated beads.
Work & Teaching Experience
2020-Present Glass working Instructor, Toledo Museum of Art, Glass Pavilion, Toledo, OH
2019-Present Studio Technician, Toledo Museum of Art, Glass Pavilion, Toledo, OH
2018-2019 Teacher's Assistant, Intro to Glass, supervised by Alli Hoag, Bowling Green State University, OH
2017 Hot Shop Technician/Work Study, Hocking College, Nelsonville, OH
2014-2015 Assistant for Curtis Brock's Team, Appalachian Center for Craft, Tennessee Technological University, Smithville, TN
All sales on original artwork are final. No discounts apply.
Glass Sculpture
10" H x 6" W x 8" D.
Mars
A highly respected and influential astronomer by the name of Percival Lowell, published his observations of Mars in the early 1900's. From his books he propagated the existence of 'canals' on the surface of the red planet, unbeknownst to him that he was merely connecting lines and imaginary dots due to spherical aberrations in the glass lenses of his telescope. He had a direct influence on science fiction writers who continued the imagination of Martian engineers on Mars because he stated the canals existence as fact, until later disproven when in the 1960's the first Mars probes showed that they weren't there. Lenses carved onto the surface serve as the vehicle to emulate the spherical aberrations drawn from the surface imagery of the glass planetary form, to spark curiosity.
Ephemeris
The ancient Babylonians were far in advance of most other civilizations 3,000 years ago when it came to their comprehension of the heavens above. Their studies of celestial movement led them to develop a table, known as an Ephemeris, that recorded the exact coordinates of the stars and the five known planets that fueled their mythology of gods and goddesses. Several of these tables survive to this day as cuneiform-inscribed clay tablets. What is most fascinating out of the creation of the Ephemeris, is how it mirrored the way other civilizations found it important to create a map of the stars and chose to preserve such information.
Sandy Hartke
Present Employment
Glass Studio Technician/Teacher
Toledo Museum of Art, Glass Pavilion - 2019-present
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts (3D Studio Art), Concentration in Glassblowing, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH - December 2019
Associate of Business in Art, Concentration in Glassblowing, Hocking Community College, Nelsonville, OH - May 2017
Bachelor of Fine Arts study, Glass Blowing concentration, Appalachian Center for Craft, Tennessee Technical University, Smithville, TN 2012-2015
Master Classes
2022 "Erin Garmezy: Flameworking Glass", Toledo Museum of Art, Glass Pavilion, Toledo, OH May 9th -13th.
2020 "Gianni Toso: The Language of Glass", Toledo Museum of Art, Glass Pavilion, Toledo, OH, July 6th -10th.
2018 "Martin Stefanek: Sculptural Beakers", Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA, May 14th - 26th.
Awards
2023 Glass Axis Award, Professional, Ohio State Fair, Columbus, OH
2019 Glass Art Society Online Student Exhibition (Honorable Mention), St. Petersburg, FL
Exhibitions (Juried)
2024 Michigan Regional Glass Exhibition, West Bloomfield, MI
2024 Accessible Expressions Exhibition, Cincinnati, OH
2023 Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Columbus, OH
2022 Michigan Regional Glass Exhibition, West Bloomfield, MI
2019 BFA Exhibition, Dorothy Uber-Bryan Gallery, Bowling Green State University, OH
2019 Glass Art Society Online Student Exhibition, St. Petersburg, FL
2019 Michigan Regional Glass Exhibition, West Bloomfield, MI
Exhibitions (Non-Juried)
2018 Arts X, Fine Arts Center, Bowling Green State University, OH
2017 Associate of Business Art Show, Hocking Community College, Nelsonville, OH
Commissions
2023 Beth Lipman: Miles Law, Hillwood Museum, Washington D.C.
2023 Beth Lipman: ReGift, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
2023 Joyce J Scott: Decorated beads.
Work & Teaching Experience
2020-Present Glass working Instructor, Toledo Museum of Art, Glass Pavilion, Toledo, OH
2019-Present Studio Technician, Toledo Museum of Art, Glass Pavilion, Toledo, OH
2018-2019 Teacher's Assistant, Intro to Glass, supervised by Alli Hoag, Bowling Green State University, OH
2017 Hot Shop Technician/Work Study, Hocking College, Nelsonville, OH
2014-2015 Assistant for Curtis Brock's Team, Appalachian Center for Craft, Tennessee Technological University, Smithville, TN
All sales on original artwork are final. No discounts apply.
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