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Title
Tim O'Niell Hot Cast Glass
Description
He has spent the past 30 years on the water. As a river guide, he rowed wooden dories, loaded with passengers, along rivers throughout the west, from Alaska to Costa Rica. As a commercial fisherman, Tim spent over 20 years negotiating the waters of the Puget Sound and southeast Alaska. Water and boats are a recurring theme in his life and in his art.
Trained as a shipwright, Tim O'Niell began working with wood in 1979, and metal in 1996. He became fascinated with glass in 2001, after taking a hot casting class at Seattle's Pratt Fine Arts Center.
Artist Statement
I create hot cast glass and kiln formed glass art, usually using metal molds. My work begins with the mold, or negative. Its form will give birth to the piece, and it must both intrigue and please the eye. I like imagining the mold. Once I've got it down on my pocket note pad, it moves to my sketchbook for further detail and revision, then into my metal shop for forming and proportioning.
Languages
English
Contact
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- Seattle WA
- US 98199
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- 2062845098
