Matthew Fine has worked in glass and stone for 30 years. His creative journey begins with a vision and an energy, a call to action—there isn’t much daylight between idea and endeavor. His intuitive casting process is vigorous, messy, dangerous, and even somewhat comic, like when his gloves catch on fire.
“After casting the glass I often combine with stone and then carve aggressively on, into, and sometimes through the sculpture. The resulting works are deeply textural with myriad inclusions—the viewer should be soothed by the simple geometry but also drawn close to peer inside.”
2018, Cast Glass & Marble, 18” x 8” x 6”
2018, Cast Glass & Marble, 22” x 10” x 5”
2018, Cast Glass & Marble, 18” x 16” x 5”
2018, Cast Glass & Marble, 18” x 10” x 5”
2018, Cast Glass & Granite, 27” x 16” x 5”
2018, Cast Glass & Granite, 26” x 12” x 5”
2018, Cast Glass & Granite, 20” x 8” x 4”
Kirsten Stingle exhibits and teaches nationally and internationally. Her elegant and slightly ominous figurative sculptures provoke ethereal adventure and respond to a modern paradox—a wired and globally connected world that creates individual isolation.
“I work in the genre of narrative ceramics, fusing my richly detailed porcelain figures with mixed media to further our understanding of ourselves, others, and our place within the contemporary world.”
2018, Ceramic & Mixed Media, 66” x 37” x 32”
2019, Ceramic & Mixed Media, 39” x 17” x 10”
2018, Ceramic & Glass, 26” x 15” x 12”
2019, Ceramic & Mixed Media, 15” x 9” x 12”
Michael Szabo’s San Francisco studio creates large-scale, site-integrated sculptures that speak to the environments they inhabit. Working predominantly in stainless steel and bronze, Michael’s aesthetic language and occasional use of elements such as water have allowed the studio to explore the relationship between art, landscape, and architectural spaces. His work is included in public and private collections nationally and internationally.
In addition to the studio’s large-scale site-integrated works, Michael has made a point to continue the practice of solitary studio-based work that yields intimate and expressive sculptures. The playful and exploratory process of this kind of object making informs the design and fabrication process for many of the larger works that come out of the studio.
2016, Bronze & Stone, 36” x 14” x 12”
2018, Bronze, Stainless Steel, Water, 97” x 30” x 30”
2019, Stainless Steel, 89” x 36” x 32”
2017, Bronze, 28’ x 8’ x 8’
2016, Bronze & Stainless Steel, 12’ x 4’ x 3’
Stephan Cox has made original art for over 40 years, working mainly in glass since 1979. His complex, abstract, and contemporary sculpture is collected and exhibited worldwide, and his new series of mythical men and beasts are outlandish, fantastical, strange, and rare.
“I strive to make interesting and seductive objects. My latest works are earnest beings busy at something that demands speculation - these figures, frozen in motion, are oddly endearing to many people, even with their warrior demeanor and knives for hands.”
2018, Blown & Carved Glass, 28” x 14” x 14”
2019, Blown & Carved Glass, 32” x 16” x 16”
2019, Blown & Carved Glass, 16” x 22” x 10”
2019, Blown & Carved Glass, 30” x 24” x 16”
2019, Blown & Carved Glass, 26” x 26” x 16”
