Artist Information:
Jim Slaughter
Berkeley, CA
United States
Tel: 510-527-5420
Member Since: Oct 2005
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Artist Statement:
Glass has been in my blood my
entire life. I grew up in
Crystal City, Missouri, a
glass factory town. My father
was a ceramic engineer,
applying a scientific approach
to glass. While I also entered
the sciences, becoming a
cardiologist, I have always
carried a fascination for the
magical ...
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Jim Slaughter's Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Jim Slaughter's Portfolio.
Glass has been in my blood my entire life. I grew up in Crystal City, Missouri, a glass factory town. My father was a ceramic engineer, applying a scientific approach to glass. While I also entered the sciences, becoming a cardiologist, I have always carried a fascination for the magical effects that glass has on light.
I began making stained glass windows in the early 70’s while apprenticing with a medieval-style glass artist. In the late 80’s I moved to making lamps, starting with a Tiffany design, but quickly moving to my own designs. By that time I had accumulated a collection of over 400 colors of glass dating from as early as the 1940’s. I soon was collaborating with Steve Meikle, an artist who made original lamps with cloth and mica shades. The partnership of his bases and my shades resulted in many unique lamps that we sold via galleries and commissions for many years. Unfortunately, Steve died a few years ago, but not before teaching me many of his metalworking-for-lamps secrets. I’ve subsequently retired from my cardiology practice allowing me to devote more time to this quest.
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