![]() ![]() “It is a constant reminder that if it is not treated with care and respect, it could be destroyed, and eventually, it will be, very similarly to ourselves. “I enjoy working with glass due to its limited lifespan and fragile nature,” King said. The UToledo alumnus is pursuing a career as an artist while working with Moder in the glass shop.Īnd doors continue to open: King recently was one of seven artists selected to make a glass key for the city of Toledo. At its most intense, Blown Away involves 10 artists and their assistants working furiously around 10 closely packed furnaces creating delicate pieces of art. “I had the opportunity to work with and meet many skilled scientific flameworkers from around the world,” King said. Over the summer, King traveled to Corning, N.Y., for a weeklong symposium with the American Scientific Glassblowing Society. “Eamon will keep the argument thriving on whether scientific glass is artistic or highly technical,” Moder said. “Compared to working as an artist in area studios the past 15 years, this adventure in precision glassware for chemistry apparatus has been a big change for me,” King said. After receiving a bachelor of arts degree from the University in 2008, he taught glassblowing and flameworking at the Toledo Museum of Art for 12 years. “The University of Toledo allowed me to create my own program through the Master of Liberal Studies Program, and I worked with Steve Moder in the Scientific Glassblowing Lab, where I learned a whole different skill set,” King said.Īs an undergraduate at UToledo, King traveled overseas to learn about Murano glass and worked with traditional Venetian artists. King then placed the individual pieces around the larger mirrors. The cool mirrors feature 100-plus glass pieces that received a reflective coating. I constructed the frames from wood floor joists that were reclaimed lumber from a renovation of a more than 100-year-old building project in downtown Toledo,” King said. “I built the frames to hold the large glass pieces for this project. In addition to being artful, King is all about recycling. “The glass skeleton had a variety of scientific pieces that Eamon was able to pull together for a beautiful, artistic, scientific sculpture.” Moder, master scientific glassblower in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, who mentored King for his master’s degree project. “Eamon King is a very gifted artistic glassblower who has made huge strides in scientific glass,” said Steven D. Blown Away (blownawayseries) Instagram photos and videos blownawayseries Verified Follow 310 posts 69. The winner was no surprise what so ever and was obvious before half way through.Eamon King created a punch bowl at the Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion.King is familiar with scientific glass: He is a part-time glass shop assistant in the UToledo Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. I don't think I've ever seen a such judging bias or a more blatantly rigged competition. She is a Japanese American artist who from the start made it clear that she would be creating pieces inspired by her culture. ![]() Meanwhile, the runner up created a piece that filled their space standing 7-8' tall with portions conforming to impact points and surfaces spread out across most of the width and depth of the space. What was done, was mostly flat on the floor. The ‘winner' barely used 10-15% of the assigned gallery space in the finale rehashing a theme from a prior challenge. ![]() A piece that one minute was deemed to be hard to read, confusing, or miss the brief, suddenly turns out to win "best in glass" for that day.Įpisode after episode, it became more and more obvious that this seasons winner was already decided before the season even started. The judging was inconsistent yet consistent in that it usually went in direct opposition to previous comments made about how a good or bad a piece was. It was obvious early on in the season when the judges kept talking about how great he was and then episode after episode his subpar pieces would win out against works that were far. The judges kept awarding wins to John Moran, whose work was utter garbage. There were many beautiful and creative pieces that ended up getting the artist sent home. Spoiler alert: I truly think that this season was rigged. The competitors this year were a nice mix of seasoned artist with decades of glass blowing behind them and younger artist with half as much experience. After the Christmas mini-season I was really looking forward to Season 3. Blown Away- Task Elliot Walker - Portfolio STILL LIFE COLLECTION The inspiration for my sculpture come mainly from traditional arts and sculpture, including still life painting. ![]()
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