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Artist Statement for Jerry Morrell
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I cold sculpt glass using compressed air and an abrasive ‘carving’ technique. The air flow and minerals that I use encourages natural textures to evolve as I sculpt, emulating the reductive, erosive effects of the elements.
I carve glass into sculptures; furniture, chandeliers, staircases and architectural installations. By etching images onto many overlapping layers, I create a kind of bas-relief sculpture such as the continents of the world with the overlaying clouds. Laminating many layers of glass together with a crystal clear glue and then edge lighting the carving with fiber optics creates unusual, glowing sculptures.
I feel the natural beauty of glass sometimes interferes with its usefulness in stating an idea or a concept. In stone sculpting the artist removes material to reveal their vision of what lies inside within. I sculpt glass with a similar purpose, to reveal my conception of the beautiful structures and textures hidden in nature and the materials that we interact with everyday.
I am influenced by the minute structures in our surroundings revealed by electron scanning microsopes and images of the Earth from space that satellites record. Bringing science and art together to present my impression of the beauty all around us that is hidden from the naked eye.
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