Kathleen Elliot
It was an epiphany in a friend’s garage that led Kathleen Elliot to eventually shift course and pursue a career as a glass artist: She had been invited to try glass making in her friend’s makeshift studio, and left with a new passion for the centuries-old techniques. (more)
Artist Statement:
What is real? How does one know? By pursuing studies of philosophy and alternative spirituality, these two questions form the foundation of my work in Natural Botanicals and Imaginary Botanicals.
The series of Natural Botanicals celebrate the beauty of nature and its ability to lift us out of the commotion of everyday life. It's a reminder we belong to mysteries far greater.
Imaginary Botanicals is a series of work expressing interest in alternate realities, to entice viewers out of the confines of our realities, into a sense of wonder.
Using glass as an expressive sculptural medium, reality becomes a three-dimensional trompe l'oeil, where a brittle manufactured material takes on the appearance of something organic and pliant.
Questionable Foods #5, 2015
Glass, food packaging, artificial sinew. 23 x 12 x 11 in.
Questionable Foods #6, Papaya. 2015
Glass, food packaging, artificial sinew. 17 x 22 x 22 in.
SOLD
Liberty #1, 2015
Glass, found object. 23 x 11 x 11 in. Editions variees: 5
Liberty #2, 2015
Glass, found object. 19.5 x 15 x 8 in. Editions variees: 5
Maple on Birdseye, 2015
Glass, wood. 16 x 9.5 x 2 in. (sculpture) on 24 x 10 in. Birdseye Maple back.
Rebirth, 2012
Collaboration with Susan Longini
Kiln cast (pate de verre method) and lampwork glass. 12 x 12 x 8 in.
Dangerous Opportunity, 2012
Collaboration with Susan Longini
Kiln cast (pate de verre method) and lampwork glass. 12 x 12 x 8 in.
School, 2010
Flameworked glass, sandblasted, metal stand. 12 x 19 in. Singular.
Collection of the Oakland Museum of California.
Bosc Pears in White, 2008. Glass. 15 x 10 x 3 in. Singular.
SOLD
