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ARTIST
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Peter
Vizzusi
B.A., San Jose State University,
1973
Beginning Glass-blowing,
Dr.Robert Fritz, S.J.S.U. 1974(!)
Self-taught since 1975
Founded Magic Sands Glass
Studio, 1979
Pilchuck Glass School 1989
Independent study, Murano,
Italia, 1999
Società Dante Alighieri, 2002
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Glassblowers
have practiced their craft since Roman times; gathering
the molten glass on the end of a hollow tube, inflating
it, and shaping it into functional and, often, beautiful
vessels. Our process is essentially the same as that
utilized in ancient glass-making, but also relates to
the best of Murano, and to Tiffany’s “Favrille”
from the turn of the 20th Century.
The recent “studio glass” movement has taken
glass-making out of the factory and returned it to the
smaller, artisan-operated studio. By re-visiting the
past, we’ve found a new direction. We modern “artigiani”
inhabit the shifting space between the old and new world.
While I respect the skill and traditions of the “maestri”
of the past, I explore the improvisational possibilities
of the molten glass. My best work is done when I’m
seeing life, and the glass, through my own eyes and
the choreography of production becomes nearly unconscious.
Then, I’m able to coax the glass into shape, improvise
forms, add rich color, texture and iridescence- the
possibilities of which are already contained in the
molten material. |
Le
Meraviglie |
My
current “Meraviglie” series has evolved
from one perfect, functional, ancient Roman vase in
a museum in Padova. I trust my intuitive sense of
form and color, then add silver and metallic oxides
at extremely high temperatures to attain the ephemeral
iridescent luster of ancient glass. I hope to invoke
a sense of the archaeological, while creating decorative
vessels of universal appeal- objects that manifest
both the personality that formed them, and the amazing
inherent properties of the molten glass.
I’ve come to an understanding of, and continued
respect for, the archetypal vessel, which, I believe,
will always have a resonance in our unconscious.
Peter
Vizzusi
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