Author

Contributions

  • Marquis, Richard, 1945- - Contributor
  • Seattle Art Museum. - Contributor

Publication

1997 - Distributed by University of Washington Press, Seattle, Washington (State)

Language

English

Word Count

35,750 words, Guess

Page Count

143 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-10029597687X
  • ISBN-139780295976877
  • Goodreads1673422
  • Library of Congress Control Number98117805
  • OCLC Control Number38428123
and 3 more
  • Better World Books9780295976877
  • Better World BooksKR-941-753
  • Open LibraryOL414879M

Classifications

  • LCCNK5198.M366 A4 1997
  • LCCNK5198.M366A4 1997

Alternate Titles

  • Objects

Description

Richard Marquis has had an extraordinary influence on the development of contemporary studio glass in America and around the world. Studying at the University of California at Berkeley during the 1960s, he explored ceramics and was introduced to glassblowing. Unsatisfied by the limited techniques practiced in American studio glass at that time, Marquis went to the island of Murano, near Venice, to observe and work with the masters of a glassblowing tradition acknowledged as the best in the world. Freely sharing his knowledge of the techniques he learned in Venice, Marquis has demonstrated and taught throughout the United States, Europe, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. The effect of Venetian glassblowing techniques on American studio glass enabled glass artists to expand their technical vocabularies and, combined with new and experimental approaches, led to the redefinition of glass as an artistic medium.

Subjects

Topics

Glass artExhibitionsArtists, americanMarquis, Richard, 1945- -- ExhibitionsGlass art -- United States -- Exhibitions

Places

People

Richard Marquis (1945-)

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