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Artist Statement:
Ed Pennebaker
Red Fern Glass
Statement:
At a time when many
designers/artists leave the
crafting of their designs to
apprentices, fellow craftsmen,
or even a factory style
setting, it is rare for the
designer to continue as the
maker. For me working
directly with the glass is a
time of zen, a period when I
can concentrate on one thing
only, the glass, a time to
leave the rest of the world
behind.
I see my work belonging to a
contemporary line of the
"decorative arts" that
developed from the arts and
crafts movement where
craftsmanship is of the utmost
importance. Striving for the
"perfect object" is the goal
of the craftsman/designer and
working directly with the
materials at hand provides the
greatest satisfaction for me.
The most important aspects of
glassmaking are light, color
and form. I want my work to
take advantage of the luminous
quality of light. Light
coming through the glass
reveals texture and pattern
and casts colors and shadows
so the glass work interacts
with its environment and
becomes a pure visual feast.
The jewel like colors of
glass, the individual forms of
the pieces and the light from
within work as a ...
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Artist Galleries:
Easy Street, Annapolis,
Maryland
Glass Reunions, Key West,
Florida
Prism Contemporary
Glass/FunctionArt, Chicago,
Illinois
Rivermarket Artspace, Little
Rock, Arkansas
Zark's, Eureka Springs,
Arkansas
Alexander/Sinclair Showroom,
Scottsdale, AZ
Artique, Lexingon, KY
Classic Kitchens of Virginia,
Richmond, VA
Glass Menagerie, Corning, NY
Iago, Blowing Rock, NC
Karg Art Glass, ...
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Commissions:
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Exhibitions for Ed Pennebaker:
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-"A Glass Act 2001: The Prism Collection", Prism Contemporary Glass, Pontiac, Michigan, April-May 2001
-"A Glass Act 2000: The Prism Collection", Function Art, Pontiac, Michigan, April-May 2000
-"Hot & Cool", a traveling exhibition by Exhibits USA of contemporary glass through 2001.
-"The Arkansas Exhibition", an exhibit of Arkansas Artists in the newly constructed Statehouse Convention Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, July 1999-January 2000.
-"Group Show", Legacy Fine Arts Gallery, Hot Springs, Arkansas, April-June 1999
-"The All Arkansas Cup Exhibition", The Arkansas Arts Center Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, Arkansas,
Nov. 22, 1998-Jan. 3, 1999
-Chosen for the White House Crafts Collection, 1993 (travelling exhibit 1993 to present).
-Listed in "Top Traditional Craftsman" by Early American Homes magazine every year 1987-2000. (a juried list of craftsmen producing early American replicas)
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