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Seekers® Glass Gallery
presents the work of Jody Fine, who uses ancient techniques in a contemporary
way to create extraordinary handmade glass marbles, as well as vessels,
sculptures and other forms of handblown glass.
A master glassblower, Fine is
accomplished in the classic techniques of latticinio, murrini, millefiori and
others that were widely used in 16th Century Venice and date back to pre-Roman
times.
Fine studied Art and Glass at
New York’s Bard College; the University of California, San Diego; UCLA; and
California State University, Sonoma. He subsequently received a National
Endowment for the Arts master-apprenticeship grant to study glassblowing with
William Bernstein. Fine ran a studio in partnership with Richard Marquis and
Jack Wax until he established his own studio, J. Fine Glass, in 1980.
Instrumental in reviving the
lost art of glass marble making, Fine is known as Captain Marbles among
collectors. He started his studio with the production of marbles, a universal
symbol of youth, fantasy and power and is recognized today as making the finest
handmade glass marbles in the world. His fanciful Marble Jars are designed to
hold and display marbles; each crystal jar is topped with a colorful latticinio
lid.
He has conducted workshops and
seminars at major universities and design schools throughout the country,
including Detroit’s Center for Visual Studies; California State University,
San Jose and Sonoma; The Penland School of Crafts, NC; The Pilchuck School of
Glass, Seattle; and UCLA.
Fine’s work has been shown at
major galleries and museums, including the Seattle Museum of Art; the Triton
Museum, CA; the Statesville Museum, NC; and in the American Glass exhibition
shown annually at museums throughout Japan.
His work is included in
numerous private and public collections, including those of the Marble Collector’s
Society of America; The Pilchuck School of Glass; The Corning Museum of Glass;
The National Museum of Arts and Crafts; and The Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, D.C.
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