Blown glass by Rick Strini (copyright Rick Strini)
Artist’s Statement: The natural beauty of my Hawaiian surroundings has inspired many new shapes and colors. Recent architectural commissions have also opened new pathways for my creative explorations. These new endeavors have allowed me to start illuminating my work into Architectural lighting. I work with highly coveted Luster and Opalescent glasses, and now exquisitely hand formed metal hardware. I combine this with state of the art illuminations, and interpret my artistic visions from clients wishes to final installations. This has allowed me unparalleled artistic expression. Excited by this new freedom, I am now selectively accepting commission work.
Artistic Resume:
- A.A. Degree, Art, San Jose City College 1968\
- B.A. Degree, Ceramics, San Jose State University 1970
- M.A. Degree, Design, University of California, Berkeley 1971
- Vice-President, Association of San Francisco Potters 1971
- Juror, 25th Annual San Francisco Art Festival 1971
Collections (partial list) -
- Philadelphia Art Museum
- Smithsonian Art Museum
- Corning Museum of Glass
- Art Commission of San Francisco, CA
- Rockwell Collection, Corning, NY
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
- Museum fur Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt, Germany
- Lannon Foundation, Palm Springs, CA
- Zellerback Collection, San Francisco, CA
- Craig Foundation, Phoenix, AZ
- Chryler Museum, NY
For contact info, email Art in the Round Contest.
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