{"id":30135,"date":"2017-11-24T21:32:16","date_gmt":"2017-11-25T05:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/?p=30135"},"modified":"2017-11-24T21:46:02","modified_gmt":"2017-11-25T05:46:02","slug":"crashing-the-kiln","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/24\/crashing-the-kiln\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;crashing the kiln&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/24\/crashing-the-kiln\/ambercowan1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30140\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30140\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ambercowan1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ambercowan1.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ambercowan1-196x300.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/5977809\/height\/26\/width\/584\/theme\/standard-mini\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/no\/autoplay\/no\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/direction\/backward\/\" width=\"584\" height=\"26\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Piles of broken vintage glass, milky colors, and lots of fire. Today I&#8217;m asking ALL of the questions &#8211; I need to understand how Philadelphia based glass artist <a href=\"http:\/\/ambercowan.com\/home.html\">Amber Cowan<\/a> does what she does!? So many teeny tiny bits of glass, assembled into gorgeous sculptures, wall hangings and installations. Also, I had to find out if her neck hurts. Spoiler alert: it does. You can listen right up there under <em>&#8220;Rosaline Ombr\u00e9 Bouquet&#8221;<\/em>,\u00a0or\u00a0you can\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/jealous-curator-art-for-your\/id996338562\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">subscribe on iTunes<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>First, a few of my favorite pieces that I&#8217;ve written about before. The detail&#8230; IS&#8230; INSANE&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/24\/crashing-the-kiln\/ambercowan2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30141\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30141\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ambercowan2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"3129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ambercowan2.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ambercowan2-56x300.jpg 56w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ambercowan2-191x1024.jpg 191w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Right?! Ok, let&#8217;s get into this. Right off the top we talked a lot about this recent, super duper green, piece titled <em>&#8220;Bridesmaids Forest&#8221;<\/em> &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/24\/crashing-the-kiln\/ambercowan3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30142\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30142\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ambercowan3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"2079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ambercowan3.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ambercowan3-84x300.jpg 84w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ambercowan3-288x1024.jpg 288w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The snail &#8230;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #99cc00;\">\u2665<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Oooh, and look at this! Talk about finding a gem&#8230; this is a photo from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/amber.cowan\/\">Amber&#8217;s Instagram feed<\/a> at her favorite source for old glass <em>{note the pile of milky blue shards in the background}<\/em> &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/24\/crashing-the-kiln\/ambercowan4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30143\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30143\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ambercowan4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ambercowan4.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ambercowan4-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wow. I want to go to there &#8230; and I don&#8217;t even work with glass!<\/p>\n<p>Next, this is a peek at <em>&#8220;Ginny&#8217;s 16 Piece Snack Set&#8221;<\/em> made from, yep, a 16 piece snack set just like this one&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/24\/crashing-the-kiln\/ambercowan5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30144\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30144\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ambercowan5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"1711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ambercowan5.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ambercowan5-102x300.jpg 102w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ambercowan5-350x1024.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A stunning transformation, again.<\/p>\n<p>Oh look, here&#8217;s another one. This is the piece Amber read the note about&#8230; the broken blue candy dish that a complete stranger sent to her.\u00a0 <em>&#8220;Sky Mountain with Coy&#8221;<\/em>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/24\/crashing-the-kiln\/ambercowan6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30145\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30145\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ambercowan6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"1853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ambercowan6.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ambercowan6-95x300.jpg 95w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ambercowan6-323x1024.jpg 323w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gah! Gorgeous! Please note all of those teeny tiny little glass balls that Amber painstakingly makes. Seriously cannot get over that. I suppose that&#8217;s why these quick, melty bud vases are necessary in her practice&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/24\/crashing-the-kiln\/ambercowan7\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30146\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30146\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ambercowan7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"1513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ambercowan7.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ambercowan7-116x300.jpg 116w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ambercowan7-395x1024.jpg 395w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Love. I also love that her cat made it into this shot. They always do that, don&#8217;t they?<\/p>\n<p>I asked if she ever combined those super quick melts with her very intricate little pieces, and she has in fact. These are two pieces, from 2013. They are part of her <em>&#8220;Wedding Compote&#8221;<\/em> series &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/24\/crashing-the-kiln\/ambercowan8\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30147\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30147\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ambercowan8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"1085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ambercowan8.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ambercowan8-161x300.jpg 161w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ambercowan8-551x1024.jpg 551w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And now, onto the green <em>&#8220;Hands and Handkerchiefs&#8221;<\/em>, some of her newest work&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/24\/crashing-the-kiln\/ambercowan9\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30148\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30148\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ambercowan9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"2017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ambercowan9.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ambercowan9-87x300.jpg 87w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ah, so good! I had to show these in-progress shots too, again from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/amber.cowan\/\">Amber&#8217;s Instagram feed<\/a>. Fingers being melted into their new &#8216;handkerchief&#8217; holding positions. I also thought that shot on the right showed the scale nicely &#8211; I didn&#8217;t realize they were this big!<\/p>\n<p>And here we are, back to that little green snail from the beginning, but now, Amber OWNS the mold&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/24\/crashing-the-kiln\/ambercowan10\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30149\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30149\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ambercowan10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"1217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ambercowan10.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ambercowan10-144x300.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ambercowan10-491x1024.jpg 491w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ah-mazing. I predict many many many snails in Amber&#8217;s future. Just a hunch.<\/p>\n<p>And finally, here she is in &#8216;flame-working&#8217; action. And ps., she was right&#8230; I don&#8217;t consider this a &#8220;small flame&#8221;!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/24\/crashing-the-kiln\/ambercowan11\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30150\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ambercowan11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"1043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ambercowan11.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ambercowan11-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ambercowan11-573x1024.jpg 573w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Oh boy<\/em>, that was so good. Thanks so much to Amber for sharing all of her thoughts, insights and advice! If you want to <a href=\"http:\/\/ambercowan.com\/contact.html\">send her old glass just reach out to her right here<\/a>. Oh, and if you want to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abatezanetti.it\/en\/\">sign up for her class in Venice<\/a> next spring, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abatezanetti.it\/en\/\">link to the school is right here<\/a>, and listed below. Thank you to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.saatchiart.com\/\">Saatchi Art<\/a>\u00a0for supporting the episode, and giant high-fives to you for listening! There will be more art for your ear next weekend.<\/p>\n<p><em>Other links:<\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ambercowan.com\/contact.html\"><em>Send Amber vintage glass<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/amber.cowan\/\">Amber on Instagram<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hellergallery.com\/\">Heller Gallery, NY<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artmiami.com\/\">Art Miami<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.salisbury.edu\/\">Salisbury University, Maryland<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michikosakanostudio.com\/\">Michiko Sakano<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmog.org\/\">Corning Museum of Glass<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulstankard.com\/\">Paul Stankard<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pilchuck.com\/\">Pilchuck Glass School, Washington State<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oprah.com\/home\/amber-cowan-glass-sculptures\">Oprah article about Amber<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abatezanetti.it\/en\/\">Abate Zanetti Glass Courses, Murano Venice<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/glasstress.org\/my-product_category\/glasstress-venice\/\">Glasstress 2017, Venice<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/plumcrazyaboutcoupons.com\/the-piecaken-recipe\/\">Recipe for PIECAKEN!<\/a> &#8230; you&#8217;re welcome.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/24\/crashing-the-kiln\/ambercowan12\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30151\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30151\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ambercowan12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ambercowan12.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ambercowan12-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Piles of broken vintage glass, milky colors, and lots of fire. Today I&#8217;m asking ALL of the questions &#8211; I need to understand how Philadelphia based glass artist Amber Cowan does what she does!? So many teeny tiny bits of glass, assembled into gorgeous sculptures, wall hangings and installations. Also, I had to find out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[766,3,549,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30135"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30135"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30160,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30135\/revisions\/30160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}