Elijah Schwartz : Lampworking

 
 

In continuation of my pursuit towards higher levels of mastery in flame-worked or lamp-worked glass sculpture, and from a love of natural forms comes my newest genre of miniature sculptures : bugs.  My personal  gratification comes from the challenge of stretching the limits of this medium by continually adding new levels of detail and character, striving to achieve animation and emotion in an inanimate medium.


In my larger bug installations I use local wood and rock to display the insects bringing a "local living" feeling to the work.  In similar fashion the spiders are sold with a small assortment of “dead” fly wings, and whenever possible forms and positioning are chosen to show flow and movement.  I continue to experiment with sea life, flora, figurines, blown forms, and a wide variety of wildlife in artwork and jewelry creations.

 

Artist statement : Recent works

Elijah Schwartz has been working in glass for over 20 years, having started at the age of three in his parents’ home-based glass studio.  Being primarily self taught, Elijah has had the pleasure of studying or collaborating with Loren Stump, Vittorio Costantini, Cesare Toffolo, Hans Christiansen, Jason Gordon, and Jesse Kohl.  His various works are exhibited in galleries and private collections across the globe.

        FLIES

     BEETLES

     SPIDERS

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