Check out these process shots from the hot shop during my residency at the Museum of Glass from May of last year. All the photographs were taken by Ken Emly
Next stop Hawk gallery in the great capitol city of Columbus, Ohio. 
On March 26th I will be heading to Danville, Kentucky to be a visiting artist at Centre College with my friend Stephen Rolfe Powell and his kick ass students. Check out a great video about Stephen. After that, its on to Columbus, Ohio with Nancy Callan for the Opening at Hawk Gallery on the 31st. Dont miss it. After the opening and demo at Glass Axis on Saturday, Nancy and I will head up to Toledo for a week long residency at the Toledo Art Museum, Glass Pavilion. Wow, out and about again! You can check out some of the new work that will be in the show here.
Floof Collage pARTy!
Imagine a place where you and your children, your employees, your colleagues and your clients can comfortably make art. No experience necessary, ages 2-102. FLOOF Collage pARTy! is that place. With 500 square feet of fabrics, found objects, bits of hardware, vintage jewelry, shells and beads you can create everything under the sun.
There are baskets of scissors and glues, wire for mobiles, treasure boxes, canvases, wood and paper by the roll. Paints, markers, crayons, charcoal, colored pencils and pastels await your command.
Goal number one is fun! A giant oak table with seating for ten budding artists can also be used for snacks or birthday cake. If adults want to BYOB for an evening party, voila: Art Happy Hour!
You will find FCp! a place to relax, celebrate special events, or just soothe and heal your soul through guided creative expression. Corinne Stern is an experienced artist and teacher who will help you create a personal work of art that will satisfy your emotional and spiritual self. You can even buy more materials by the pound in a Take-Home Pak.
FCp! is located in NE Ithaca, with plenty of free off-street parking and full wheelchair accessibility. TCAT buses #30 and #32 stop nearby. A wheelchair ramp leads to the deck facing our woods and creek to let nature inspire you to create when the weather cooperates.
Find out more at www.floofcollageparty.
Floof Collage pARTy!
135 Burleigh Dr.
Ithaca, NY 14850
After re-posting some interesting articles from the Contemporist Icon blog last week, the author contacted me about featuring my work in a post. Crazy how the web works! So check it out here: http://www.contemporisticon.com/ethan-stern-contemporary-art-glass-sculpture-artist/
Loving this Article on the Contemporist Icon Blog!
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I just spent a week in Hawaii teaching and doing demos at the University of Hawaii on Oahu. What a beautiful place. I cant even begin to describe the beauty, the feeling in the air, the ocean and the amazing people that I met. I am sure a lot of you have already been to the Hawaiian Islands, but this was my first time. I was hosted by my friend Kait Rhoads who is teaching at the University for a semester and changing lives by the minute. I spent a lot of time in the studio but even more time out side. From hiking mountains to swimming oceans to giving tourists reccomendations on places to eat I had a full week. Sunsets, rainbows, sushi, tonkatsu, udon, musube and kimchee! Not to mention getting leid three times!
So here are some photographs from around Oahu. I tried to find texture and focus on the micro compositions and surfaces.
Favorites: Rainbow Eucalyptus and Iron Wood bark! Holy shit!
Aloha
A year in the making, I have just completed the installation of my largest group of wall mounted sculptures to date. The piece consists of five large blown shapes each approximately 16 inches across and floating off the wall about 3 inches. The clients have a beautiful modern home in West Seattle over looking the Puget sound and the Olympic mountains. The decor is minimal and stylish in Blacks and Grey’s with a beautiful warm wood floor. They left the commission wide open to me which was a challenge and a great opportunity. The architecture and over all feeling in the house drove me to create a group of pieces that had a quite sophistication. The pieces are black, white and grey and have a subtle surface carving on the face. The objects appear dense and opaque but reflect light on their surface that undulates like that of petrified wood. Most of the time the space is filled with natural light from the west facing window wall and today had a soft glow as we installed the pieces.
It feels good to have this project completed just in time for my birthday (tomorrow) and just as the cold sets in here in Seattle. Thanks a million to Steve and Dianne Loeb for this opportunity and Margery Aronson, Jack Mackey and Tim Purtill and Pat Kraft for all of their help and support along the way.
