Synopsis: An incredible chat with glass artist Layne Verbeek who created kiln formed and cast glass sculptures. We talked about how he moved quickly during Covid to offer in studio and in home classes with his "Glass in a Box".
Artist's Statement:
My work is an exploration in capturing nature’s movement and its many mottled textures and colours. And, my hope is to create unique sculptural forms that can arise from harnessing glass’ contradictory and magical qualities.
Unlike bronze, steel, stone, clay or wood, glass can be simultaneously opaque, transparent or anywhere in between. Glass is also liquid when it’s most transformative and warm glass techniques allow me to use time and gravity to mold, melt and meld this medium into the interesting sculptural spaces.
My contribution to the warm glass movement is glass swarf. The swarf or “rock-like or lava-like” elements that are cast or fused into many of my pieces, are, in fact, all glass.
To see more of Layne's work, please visit:
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Classes website: verbeekglass.com
