Sunday, October 25, 2009

Greg Clark in Seattle City Arts

When a glass artist is marketed well it's great thing. The coupling of DeCicio glass and Russian porcelain required a unique view of home decoration in which glass plays a colorful key part.

2009 City Arts Magazine:

"Greg Clark works in glass, not porcelain like most of the artists represented at far4, but his work still espouses the values of handmade craftsmanship that are so important at Moscow's Porcelain Studio in Klimenkoff (the birthplace of the family-owned gallery). "A lot of what I make is really striving to be functional and accessible," Clark says. "Not just something to put on the shelf and look at. I like the idea of people actually using the things I make."

A glassblower since he first got hooked on the hot-shop process in high school, Clark found his niche in a factory job, creating designer light fixtures with traditional Italian glassblowing methods and rare materials [...]

[...] Jenny Klimenkoff, half of the brother-sister team that runs far4, responds to the classical influences in his work: 'In Seattle there's an old tradition of celebrating modern glass. Greg has a different approach [...]'"

Unknown. "Put Your Hands All Over Me." The Curator's Eye. Seattle City Arts. October 2009. p.74. (Photo in article is of Gioia Bucket Trio by Greg Clark.)


2009 far4:

"The store's concept is to combine uniquely hand-crafted porcelain and glass pieces with found objects."

Russian Porcelain: "Bear with cub" inkwell @ far4

Russian Porcelain: "Bather looking for fleas." @ far4

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