Horkover Glass
About the Artists
Artist Lisa Horkin of Horkover Glass has a BFA in painting while also studying ceramics as well as some glass.
Lisa worked in painted textiles exhibiting, lecturing, and teaching. Since 2002 she has been using glass as means of creative expression.
Horkin finds inspiration from colors and textures in nature “Mother Nature does not make mistakes with color and texture”. Other influences come from past experiences of working with oil painting, textile mixed media, and the color and the properties of glass itself. Motivation has been an inner drive felt for as far back as Lisa can remember. As a preschooler it was smelling and feeling the squishing paint thru her fingers as she smeared it around on wet paper. In kindergarten it was the feel of pounding a nail and it sinking into a piece of scrap wood to build a “ship” and the job of painting it to boldly stand out. Lisa continued to focus on art in high school, and attended The Columbus College Of Art and Design.
Now Lisa experiences peace, calm, happiness, and excitement manipulating molten glass. Blowing glass has become a huge lesson in how to “go with the flow” Some days the glass is moving with me and other days I have to give in and move with the glass.”
Lisa worked in painted textiles exhibiting, lecturing, and teaching. Since 2002 she has been using glass as means of creative expression.
Horkin finds inspiration from colors and textures in nature “Mother Nature does not make mistakes with color and texture”. Other influences come from past experiences of working with oil painting, textile mixed media, and the color and the properties of glass itself. Motivation has been an inner drive felt for as far back as Lisa can remember. As a preschooler it was smelling and feeling the squishing paint thru her fingers as she smeared it around on wet paper. In kindergarten it was the feel of pounding a nail and it sinking into a piece of scrap wood to build a “ship” and the job of painting it to boldly stand out. Lisa continued to focus on art in high school, and attended The Columbus College Of Art and Design.
Now Lisa experiences peace, calm, happiness, and excitement manipulating molten glass. Blowing glass has become a huge lesson in how to “go with the flow” Some days the glass is moving with me and other days I have to give in and move with the glass.”
Artists Statement
Working in glass is physical and challenging. Most art mediums rely on using one’s hands for manipulation, but with hot glass one must learn to use tools, air, heating and cooling, and gravity to form the work. It is exciting, and a bit of an adrenaline rush. Glass is tentative and with the smallest mistake in heat or cold, a tap of the rod can send a piece of art crashing to the ground. When a work is completed it can generate the utmost feelings of accomplishment and satisfaction. I love playing and creating with molten glass. It gives great pleaser to take something that has the consistency of honey, only much hotter, and shape it into a finished vase, or bowl. It is the glass itself that is the inspiration. Mixing colors and textures, heating, pulling, pushing, and spinning in order to bring something so fluid into a solid lasting creation.
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Working in glass is physical and challenging. Most art mediums rely on using one’s hands for manipulation, but with hot glass one must learn to use tools, air, heating and cooling, and gravity to form the work. It is exciting, and a bit of an adrenaline rush. Glass is tentative and with the smallest mistake in heat or cold, a tap of the rod can send a piece of art crashing to the ground. When a work is completed it can generate the utmost feelings of accomplishment and satisfaction. I love playing and creating with molten glass. It gives great pleaser to take something that has the consistency of honey, only much hotter, and shape it into a finished vase, or bowl. It is the glass itself that is the inspiration. Mixing colors and textures, heating, pulling, pushing, and spinning in order to bring something so fluid into a solid lasting creation.
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