Ethan Stern Design - Diamond Life Studio http://ethanstern.com changing the way you think about fire, water, and diamonds forever Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:09:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Inky http://ethanstern.com/glass/inky/ http://ethanstern.com/glass/inky/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:47:35 +0000 estern http://ethanstern.com/?p=767

]]> http://ethanstern.com/glass/inky/feed/ 0 Natural order: Observations of nature from the island of Oahu http://ethanstern.com/garden/natural-order-observations-of-nature-from-the-island-of-oahu/ http://ethanstern.com/garden/natural-order-observations-of-nature-from-the-island-of-oahu/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:39:08 +0000 estern http://ethanstern.com/?p=740 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

 

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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.

]]> http://ethanstern.com/new-work/changing-light-rings-the-installation/feed/ 2 ///Just to give you a little perspective/// http://ethanstern.com/bemis-building/just-to-give-you-a-little-perspective/ http://ethanstern.com/bemis-building/just-to-give-you-a-little-perspective/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:46:27 +0000 estern http://ethanstern.com/?p=717

]]> http://ethanstern.com/bemis-building/just-to-give-you-a-little-perspective/feed/ 0 77 Elements of a practical and stylish Seattle life @SeattleMet http://ethanstern.com/glass/77-elements-of-a-practical-and-stylish-seattle-life-seattlemet/ http://ethanstern.com/glass/77-elements-of-a-practical-and-stylish-seattle-life-seattlemet/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:06:48 +0000 estern http://ethanstern.com/?p=712  

And guess what! My work is one of them, so you better go get you some.

Check out this new article in Seattle Metropolitan Magazine’s November issue. My work “Grain Bowl” is featured in a shopping guide on page 86. The issue has not come out on line yet, but when it does check it out here or follow @SeattleMet on twitter. Thanks to Vetri Gallery for putting the work out there and congrats to my local cohorts Hugh Willa and power team Jeremy Newman and Allison Ciancibelli for making great work! And remember…. If the magazine tells you to buy it, you probably should.

 

 

]]> http://ethanstern.com/glass/77-elements-of-a-practical-and-stylish-seattle-life-seattlemet/feed/ 1 ////Glass Town USA + say bye bye to the viaduct//// http://ethanstern.com/uncategorized/glass-town-usa-say-bye-bye-to-the-viaduct/ http://ethanstern.com/uncategorized/glass-town-usa-say-bye-bye-to-the-viaduct/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:57:32 +0000 estern http://ethanstern.com/?p=688

With SOFA Chicago right around the corner, there is certainly a buzz among the locals (glass artists that is) about the show in Chicago on Nov 4th. Around this time everybody is busy getting work photographed, packed up and shipped off to the windy city for the biggest Sculptural Objects and Functional Art show in the country. Everybody likes to speculate on the climate of the show and how powerful sales will be this year. Well from what I have heard, so far… so good. I have been graced with some pre-show sales (In Urbanism, at left) and lots of positive feedback about the new work!

 

 

With that in mind I wanted to tell you about this great new blog that a friend of mine; Grace Meils has been writing about Seattle glass. Grace has had a much respected voice in the community for a long time and has worked for many arts organizations including Pratt Fine Art Center, Pilchuck Glass School and the Traver Gallery for which she is currently a gallery director.

The blog is called Glass Town USA  and its provided a much need fresh perspective into the eclectic glass community here in Seattle.  So check it out often!

 

Oh yeah and …… This is going on right outside the Bemis building.

I took these pictures from the front door. The Alaskan Way Viaduct, build in the 1950′s has met its match. Most thought us thought it would be a giant earthquake that would take the elevated highway down, but the bulldozers got there first. April actually made a piece about it once. It was called ” An afternoon with Ethan”

 

Were gonna miss it (I think).

There is something about its dirtiness, its concrete legs and the view, OMG the view driving down that highway on a sunny summer day (one of three we usually have) was amazing. Seeing the Olympic Mountains towering over Puget Sound to the west and the Seattle skyline to the east just made you feel like everything you were going places (which you were because you had to be driving to see that view). Bye Bye Viaduct, your future friend the deep bore tunnel will most certainly not have as much street cred as you did. We will miss you.

]]> http://ethanstern.com/uncategorized/glass-town-usa-say-bye-bye-to-the-viaduct/feed/ 1 ////// new work ////// Inky ‘s, Coastline’s and Future Forward http://ethanstern.com/uncategorized/new-work-inky-s-coastlines-and-future-forward/ http://ethanstern.com/uncategorized/new-work-inky-s-coastlines-and-future-forward/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:24:03 +0000 estern http://ethanstern.com/?p=639 Here’s some new work, most of which is going to SOFA Chicago November 4th!

All photographs by Russell Johnson.

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(why is that the only thing I can think of to describe how I feel about these images)

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]]> http://ethanstern.com/sofa/wwonew-panels/feed/ 0 105 degrees in 48 hours http://ethanstern.com/sofa/105-degrees-in-48-hours/ http://ethanstern.com/sofa/105-degrees-in-48-hours/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:58:26 +0000 estern http://ethanstern.com/?p=617 I just returned last night from a whirlwind trip to Phoenix, Arizona where I gave a presentation to the Arizona Glass Alliance. They invited me to come and show them my work, my process and my journey as artist. I was greeting with the warmest reception, which had little to do with the 105′ heat and had everything to do with the kindness of the people in the alliance. It was a great honor to meet people who are truly interested and excited by what I do.  I want to give a special shout to Fred and Sharon Schomer and Dennis and Joanne Burech for sharing their great collections and hosting me in their beautiful homes. And can’t forget the Alliance its self; composed of both patrons and artists alike. I am grateful for groups like this, especially in these strange economic times. Any extra support for the arts is greatly appreciated.

I have never seen so many cactuses in my  life. I even saw a cellphone tower disguised as a cactus. They reminded me of the old growth trees of the northwest. Growing so slowly and towering over the landscape like guardians of the earth.

Now its back to the grind, getting ready for SOFA Chicago in early November.

 

 

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