CONNECTIONS 2024: GLASS FROM EVERY ANGLE
GAS Member Exhibition
The Glass Art Society showcases works from current GAS members each year at the Annual Conference. All artwork is submitted via an online application, and then is juried for awards and inclusion in the show. The professional jury evaluates all eligible entries and selects winners based on originality, innovation, and intentionality.
The 2024 Member Exhibition is generously sponsored by The Glass Furnace.
First Place | “Towel Rack” by Narrae Kang
“In this year’s Member Exhibition, GAS Members from around the world showcased their ingenuity, innovation, and talent. We are excited to share this exquisite work with the global glass community.”
The 2024 Member Exhibition jurors were:
Carolyn Herrara-Perez, curator, USA
Katherine Huskie, artist, UK
Richard Meitner, artist, The Netherlands
Narrae Kang (📍Republic of Korea), "Towel Rack," cold worked and engraved glass, window frame, brass, 2023. Photo credit: Gun Ha Park. 111.7 x 59.3 x 3 cm.
Artist Statement: By thoughtfully crafting and paying meticulous attention to detail, I invite viewers to reassess their perceptions and acknowledge the artistic qualities inherent in the elements of housewives' lives. The repetitive nature of household chores mirrors the painstaking process of artistic creation, akin to the meticulous application of countless engraved dots that remain inconspicuous without light. I cultivate a respect for domestic labor through my work, fostering a heightened appreciation for the commitment, skill, and creativity involved. This artistic exploration serves as a visual reminder and bridges the divide between the domestic realm and the realm of art.
Second Place | “Boolean Sweep” by Joshua Kerley and Guy Marshall Brown
Joshua Kerley + Guy Marshall Brown (📍United Kingdom), "Boolean Sweep," kiln-cast glass foam, 2024. 40 x 24 x 24 cm.
Artist Statement: The latest output from our collaborative practice has seen us pair our recently developed modular mould method with kiln-cast glass foam. During the casting process the glass foam froths and swells, filling the mould void and oozing out of the opening. Under pressure, the glass expands lightly into the seams, leaving subtle but present traces of the segmentary nature and digital origins of the mould. Our works demonstrate the technical possibilities within glass casting; they are deliberate attempts to make objects that challenge the preconception of the glass medium and harness the playful aspect of our collaborative workflow
Third Place | “Flying Bird with Seven Lenses” by Kirsti Taiviola
Kirsti Taiviola (📍Finland), "Flying Bird with Seven Lenses," blown glass, light, mixed media, 2023. 2.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 m.
Artist Statement: Flying Bird with Seven Lenses is an attempt to reach the essence of air. It fascinates me how air is beyond the reach of our sense of sight. With our eyes, we can detect the existence of air just by observing the movement around us; by looking at a flying bird we can understand that the air carries it, but the air itself remains invisible. By harnessing light and glass, I've interpreted the movement of a flying bird. The artwork is my first stop-motion animation device that uses free-form hand-blown glass lenses to create a projection of a moving image."
Jeanne-Sophie Aas (📍 France/Norway), "Origin, vegetal air," blown, engraved, and sandblasted glass, and ground and polished base, 2023. 11 x 17 x 17 cm.
Kalina Bańka Kulka (📍Poland), "Afterimages," blown glass, video, 2022. Photo credit: Dzikie Studio. 30 x 20 x 100 cm.
Lauren Bayer (📍United States), "It has been and always will be...," fused glass, copper, wood, epoxy, LED lights, 2023. 10 x 2 x 18".
Æsa Björk (📍Iceland/Norway), "Fracture II," fused glass, 3-D printed mirrored brackets, 2023. 61 cm x 53 cm x 6mm (4cm with wall brackets).
Péter Borkovics (📍Hungary), "Gold2", polished and cold worked fused optical glass, gold foil, 2023. Photo credit: Viktoria Győrfi. 35 x 28 x 7 cm.
Lothar Böttcher (📍South Africa/Germany), "This Is Not A TV - Africa," hand-cut, ground, and polished Schott optical crystal, 2023. 18 x 16 x 4 cm.
Sarah Brown (📍United Kingdom), "French Tarts," fused, cast, and pâte de verre glass, 2023. Photo credit: Tas Kyprianou. 7 x 45 x 45 cm.
Zsolt János Budai (📍Hungary), "Mr. Yellow," kiln cast glass, copper, and concrete, 2020. 32 x 32 x 27 cm.
Robert Burch (📍United States), "Swingin Hammer," blown glass, found object, 2023. 12 x 9 x 4".
Evan Burnette (📍United States), "Space Time!," kiln-formed Glass, dichroic extract, and metal gilding, 2023. Photo credit: Craig Wagner. 17 x 14 x 2.75".
Deborah Carlson (📍United States), "Tickled Pink," kiln cast, blown, and hot sculpted glass, fired-on glass paints, 2023. 16 x 12 x 3".
Scott Chaseling (📍Australia), "Pot," painted, fused, blown, and etched glass, 2023. 5 x 3 x 3".
Helen Cowart (📍United States/United Kingdom), " kiln cast glass, silver, maple, 2023. 35.5 x 11.5 x 16.5 cm.
Jennifer Crescuillo (📍United States), "Chartreuse Smash Bowl," kiln cast and cold worked glass, 2023. 6 x 9 x 9".
Olivia Leigh Curtis (📍United States), "E.SA05af (Slag Casting 5)," hot-cast and cold worked glass, iron slag, 2021. Photo credit: Abigail Ogilvy Gallery. 8 x 8 x 5".
Jonathan Davis (📍United States/Croatia), "Softly," flameworked borosilicate glass, oil paints, stainless steel, 2023. Photo credit: Morgan Collini. 18 x 10 x 48".
Róisin de Buitléar (📍Ireland), "The Planet and our futures are hanging in the balance," hot formed glass, 2022. 26 x 4 x 15cm.
Lea de Wit (📍United States), "We All Have Wings But Only Some Of Us Know Why, " blown and cold worked glass and metal, 2024. 36 x 4 x 60".
Catherine Dunstan (📍Wales/England), "Vibe II," kiln formed glass, wooden lightbox frame, 2023. 40 x 40 x 10 cm.
Mark Eliott (📍Australia/New Zealand), "Cloudy-Head (Essence of Cloud Series)," flameworked borosilicate glass, stone base, 2023. Photo credit: Richard Weinstein. 30.5 x 60 x 23 cm.
Eva Falkenberg (📍Norway), "Inner landscape," blown, sandblasted, and engraved glass, Norwegian Rose Marble, 2024. 35 x 21.5 x 21.5 cm.
Alexandra Fresch (📍United States), "Framed Flora," freeze and fuse cast pâte de verre, hot-ladled, and cold worked glass, 2023. 4 x 1 x 4" each.
Naeeme (Nana) Ghafooriseydani (📍Iran/Sweden), " lost-wax cast glass, 3-D printing, 2023. 25 x 31 x 23 cm.
Marta Ģibiete (📍Latvia), "Naivete," painted, fused, bent, and assembled glass, copper, stainless steel, 2022. 80 x 80 x 25 cm.
Tuva Gonsholt (📍Norway), "ART #01," blown glass, 2023. Photo credit: Tom Riis. 15 x 16 x 10 cm, 13 x 15 x 10 cm, respectively.
Dovile Grigaliunaite (📍Lithuania/United Kingdom), "Elemental Assemblage," blown, cut, and polished glass, stone, 2023. Photo credit: Nooa Hietaniemi. 56 x 22 x 9 cm.
Mathieu Grodet (📍France/Canada), "THIS IS GLASS," flameworked and cold worked glass, 2023. 4 x 3.2 x 4.2 cm.
Jianyong Guo (📍China/United Kingdom), "Beauties and Nature III," blown glass, paint, 2023. 45 x 15 x 65 cm.
Jennifer Halvorson (📍United States), "Good Luck," blown and slumped glass, currency, flash drive, found object, 2023. 10 x 21 x 4.75".
Hale feriha Hendekcigil Çelik (📍Türkiye), "The Layers.," lost-wax cast glass, Lamine glass, natural stone, 2021. Photo credit: Şaban Çelik. 51 x 15 x 22 cm.
Ricardo Hoineff (📍Brazil/Czechia), "Self-portraits #1 Triton and #2 Bacchus dancer," fused and slumped float glass, metal foil, 2023. Photo credit: Filip Švácha. 71 x 16 x 2 cm.
Astrid Hunter (📍United States), "a moral endeavor," kiln formed and fused glass, 2023. 12 x 24 x 24".
Priska Jacobs (📍Switzerland), "Oeschinensee," kiln cast glass, 2023. 8 x 50 x 29 cm.
Benjamin Johnson (📍United States), "Photon Sphere," blown and diamond-engraved glass, 2022. 11.5 x 11.5 x 2.5".
Saman Kalantari (📍Iran/Italy), "Northlands," pâte de verre, 2023. 20 x 9 x 6 cm.
Lauren Kalman (📍United States), "To Hold...," blown glass, framed inkjet print, 2023.18 x 12 x 12" (object), 24 x 16" (image).
Andrzej Kałucki (📍Poland), "Glass garden," blown glass, 2023. 60 x 150 x 400 cm.
Narrae Kang (📍Republic of Korea), "Towel Rack," cold worked and engraved glass, window frame, brass, 2023. Photo credit: Gun Ha Park. 111.7 x 59.3 x 3 cm.
Dylan Katz (📍United States/Finland), "Uncanny Ice," blown and hot sculpted glass, 2023. 40 x 16 x 6" each.
Joshua Kerley + Guy Marshall Brown (📍United Kingdom), "Boolean Sweep," kiln-cast glass foam, 2024. 40 x 24 x 24 cm.
Eriko Kobayashi (📍Japan/United States), "American Meal," kneaded, kiln formed, and pâte de verre glass, 2024. 2 x 8 x 8".
Plamen Kondov (📍Bulgaria), "Protecting the past," cast and cold worked glass, 2023. 38 x 16 x 9 cm.
Karen Lise Krabbe (📍Denmark), "SWIM-SWIM," gelled glass, moldless pâte de verre, 2023. Photo credit: Kasper Agergaard. 7 x 20 cm.
Zuzana Kubelková (📍Czechia), "Early Spring," mold-blown glass, basalt textile, 2021. 50 x 25 x 25 cm.
Anna-Kaisa Kukkonen-Madi (📍Finland), "S A A R E T Islands," blown and cold worked glass, 2022. 15 x 15 x 30 cm.
Ivan Lambrov (📍Bulgaria), "Dream," kiln cast glass, 2023. Photo credit: Dimitar Bosakov. 9.8 x 3.7 x 9.1".
Greg Lastrapes (📍United States), "Wet Jungle," blown glass, 2023. 11.5 x 7.5".
Julie Light (📍United Kingdom), "The Marine Museum of Lost Potential - Scar Creatures," pâte de verre, metal, card, magnets, acrylic, 2023. Photo credit: Robyn Manning. 45 x 25 x 25 cm.
Patricia Ludovici (📍United States), "Still.................Life.," Bullseye glass, re-purposed OSB wood, plexiglass, wood trim, 2022. 26 x 2.5 x 44".
Boldizsár Lukácsi (📍Hungary), "Segment," laminated, polished, and mirrored float glass, 2023. Photo credit: Liza Lukácsi. 25 x 20 x 7".
László Lukácsi (📍Hungary), "Rainbow," Laminated, polished, and mirrored float glass, 2023. Photo credit: Liza Lukácsi. 20 x 40 x 10 cm.
Roberta Mason (📍Wales), "Porifera Green," blown glass, 2023. Photo credit: Matthew Booth. 27 x 22 x 23 cm.
Laura McKinley (📍United Kingdom), "Imagine V," blown, hot sculpted, etched, cut, and polished glass, 2021. Photo credit: Alick Cotterill. 25 x 15 x 100 cm.
Sina Mendler (📍Germany), "Flood whisper," flameworked borosilicate glass, 2023. 27 x 32 x 24 cm.
Michaela Maria Moeller (📍Germany), "Blubb 2," blown glass, 2023. Photo credit: Peter Huebbe. 21 x 23 x 23 cm.
Sarah Montrond (📍United States), "27356 / Land Between Two Rivers," blown glass, encased clay, 2022. 14 x 6 x 6".
Meta Mramor (📍Slovenia/Estonia), "Rana," kiln formed, slumped, enameled, and cold worked glass, 2023. Photo credit: Max Mendez. 90 x 60 x 15 cm.
Jenny Mulligan (📍Ireland/Sweden), "Confluence Blå," blown and cold worked glass, 2023. 15 x 17 x 17 cm.
Anda Munkevica (📍Latvia), "Under the Moonlight," kiln cast, polished, and engraved glass, 2021. Photo credit: Ilmars Znotins. 85 x 60 x 45 cm.
Monika Naydenova (📍Bulgaria), "The Experimenter", blown and cold worked glass, 2021. Photo credit: Diliana Florentin. 43 x 21 x 23 cm.
Eva Novakova (📍Czechia), "The Unfolded Landscape, composition No.3," kiln cast glass, 2021. 45 x 35 x 35 cm.
Karen Nyholm (📍Denmark), "The Way We Look at Things," hot sculpted glass, 2023. 32 x 2 x 8 cm.
Mette Paalgard (📍Norway), "Tempur," blown and mirrored glass, 2021. Photo credit: Aurora Haaland Stenersen. 37 x 37 x 20 cm, 18 x 19 x 12 cm, 15 x 15 x 12 cm, respectively.
Paweł Palewicz (📍Poland), "Wybity (Unbalanced & Decentred)," cold worked glass, mixed media, 2022. Photo credit: Łukasz Rachwalak, Justyna Żak. 50 x 50 x 1 cm.
Emmy Palmer (📍United Kingdom), "Del Mar," knitted copper encased in blown glass, 2023. Photo credit: Simon Bruntnell. 20 × 15 x 22 cm.
Petra Pepper (📍Germany), "Hermes, der Götterbote," flameworked soft glass, fabric, metal wings, wood, wire, copper, 2022. 12 x5.5 x 2.5 cm.
Stacey Poultney (📍United Kingdom), "Untitled," kiln-fired silver stain, cold-painted laminated float glass, fasteners, 2023. 31 x 31 x 13 cm.
Vendulka Prchalová (📍Czechia), "Směsi/Mixtures vol.2 - portrait," kiln cast glass, mold residue, 2022. 5 x 8.5 x 6.5 cm.
Olga Rezanova (📍Russia), "Matissomania," neon, glass, plastic, 2021.130 x 25 x 25 cm.
Rebecca Roberts (📍United States), "Biodiversity," lost-wax cast glass, watercolor application, metal, polymer clay, embroidery floss, and faux botanicals, 2024. 12 x 8.5 x 8".
Mare Saare (📍Estonia), "Defining Despair," kiln-formed, slumped, acid-etched, and engraved glass, 2022. 38 x 1.5 cm.
Ida Scheijgrond (📍The Netherlands), "New Life," kiln formed glass, egg, bone, gold leaf, iron, 2023. 35 x10 x 10 cm.
Cathryn Shilling (📍United Kingdom), "Resonance," kiln formed glass, 2023. Photo credit: Agata Pec. 40 x 39 x12 cm.
Aoife Soden (📍Ireland/Denmark), "Compass Rose," hot sculpted glass, wooden hook, 2023. 30 x 40 x 15 cm.
Chuchen Song (📍China/United States), "Scroll #1: The death of the frog," kiln formed, laser-engraved, and enameled glass, 2023. Photo credit: Sarah Thomas. 4 x 12 x 16".
Katherina Southam (📍Canada), "Descendant," kiln cast glass, 2023. 12 x 5 x 36 cm.
Tim Spurchise (📍United States), "Tardigrade," hot-sculpted glass, 2023. 8 x 8 x 14".
Helen Slater Stokes (📍United Kingdom), "Spheres," kiln formed and cold worked glass, 2021. Photo credit: Steve Russell. 18 x 16 x 3.5 cm.
Kristi Taiviola (📍Finland), "Flying Bird with Seven Lenses," blown glass, light, mixed media, 2023. 2.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 m.
Rebecca Tanda (📍Austria/Germany), " pâte de verre, flameworked borosilicate glass, microwave fusing, and needlework, 2023. Photo credit: Anett Haukås. 4 x 23 x 32 cm.
Lene Charlotte Tangen (📍Norway), "Glaciers End," cast glass, 2023. Photo credit: Tore Royneland. 18 x 35 x 45 cm.
Arthur -heArthur- van Buuren (📍The Netherlands), "Water colours," 3-D glass fusion, 2022. 21 x 20 x 20 cm.
JanHein van Stiphout (📍The Netherlands), "'14-'18 - The Great War," hot-sculpted glass, soil, barbed wire, iron, soundtrack, 2022. Photo credit: Philip van Boxtel. Dimensions vary.
Claudia Virginia Vitari (📍Italy/Germany), "Interstitial Identities, UMARU. Studies for an installation," fused glass with silk-screened enamels, welded iron, 2022. Photo credit: Izabel Yankova / Lukas Kuich. 50 x 15 x 15 cm, 30 x 15 x15 cm, and 17 x 15 x 15 cm respectively.
Bernd Weinmayer (📍Germany/Austria), "magic grail," flameworked borosilicate filled with neon gas, 2024. Photo credit: Maxi Weinmayer. 40 x 30 x 30 cm.
Peter Wiechenthaler (📍Austria/Italy), "Hohen Verschneit," cold worked float glass, driftwood, and LED lights, 2023. Photo credit: Jürgen Eheim. 32 x 12 x 43 cm (artwork), 30 x 25 x 25 cm (pedestal).
Sibelle Yuksek (📍United States), "Riaju Station," flameworked, hollow-sculpted, functional water rig, platinum luster, and chain, 2024. 8 x 7 x 6".
Dana Zed (📍United States), "Easy Luck," kiln formed glass, 2022. 6 x 6 x 6".
Tanja Pak (📍Slovenia), "The Line," cast glass. 2023.