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Artist Statement:
Georgia O'Keeffe said, "I
found I could say things with
color and shapes that I
couldn't say any other way --
things I had no words for".
This is close to my view.
It seems to me, Beauty is a
property of Art. To quote
Buckminster Fuller, "When I
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Artist Exhibitions:
Please see Commissions or to
find out more go to:
http://www.thoskitedesign.com/b
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Commissions:
Over 15 years thru '70s and
'80s, Thomas Kite created
hundreds of works, numerous
private and commercial
commissions, and was
represented for many years by
Hobe Sound Galleries North,
part of Midtown Payson
Galleries in NYC. In 2004, he
created Thos. Kite Design,
Inc. to pick up where he left
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Thomas Kite Biography:
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After completing seven years of undergraduate and graduate study in Fine Art, Thomas Kite earned his final degree in Printmaking. However, he had become more and more involved in applying Printmaking processes to working glass so that the major works of his Graduate Thesis Exhibition were sculptural- employing large acid-etched glass panels. This lead him to open a studio/gallery in New England during the latter part of the 1970s.
Over the next 15 years, he immersed himself first in mastering various glass cold working techniques and then in combining glass and other media such as stone and metal into more three dimensional expression. During this time, he created hundreds of works, completed numerous private and commercial commissions, and was represented for several years by Hobe Sound Galleries North, part of Midtown Payson Galleries in New York.
For most of these years, the Art Glass Movement in the United States was yet to take hold, so he did his research and acquired skill alone, building his own glass engraving equipment, and perfecting techniques through trial and error.
"In the 70's and 80's, I was a fulltime artist. Among other things, I built a stone wheel glass lathe from scratch using a cut down wet belt sander. Then with this lathe, I setup a rig for brilliant cutting large glass panels.
At first, I set a goal to recreate the Victorian style cut glass panels popular in the 1800's. Actually did cut a number of them, but the creative thrill wore off as the challenge diminished and limitations of the technique became better known. I wanted to take it farther- to push those limits, but became more interested in the rich possibilities of working glass with other media. So, I abandoned putting further effort into it.
In the late '80s, circumstances turned me away from Art. Over time and after several moves including to Osaka for a number of years, all that remains of my old glass equipment is a set of engraving wheels I developed. It's odd what possessions disappear and what sticks with you. A couple of years ago it became clear, if I was ever going to dust them off, it better be now."
-Thomas Kite
In 2004, Thomas created Thos. Kite Design, Inc. to pick up where he left off over 15 years ago.
"It's taken two years to get started again, mainly because setting up a studio takes a great deal of time- finding the right equipment, then making it work. Also, there was the mental transition from my day job in computers back to Art as well as the brush up on old skills like glass engraving. Even though I've learned it the hard way and mastered it to some degree by living in cultures that are based on it, patience is something that doesn't sort well with me. But recently, things are really beginning to click.
The goal I've set for myself is to do things I didn't do before. Before, I was into hot glass work on a very limited basis- now that has already changed. Before, many of the experimental pieces were smaller. Now, the focus is exploring a larger scale and taking bigger risks. Before, often work was driven by the practicalities of the art marketplace. Now, these are not so important.
Now, the whole thing is about being transparent to the Art making. And that's something I didn't fully understand 20 years ago."
-Thomas Kite
Other than his studio in Seattle Washington, this Web site is the best place to track future directions or contact Thomas.
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Recent study :
School of Glasswork Abate Zanetti, Murano, Italy-
Lampworking Solid Forms/Sculpture
Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, Washington, USA-
Advanced Cold Working
Hotshop Glass Casting
Advanced Fusing
Previous Academic study :
SUNYA, Albany, New York, USA-
MA Printmaking
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada-
BFA Printmaking
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