Joe Drury uses found and saved glass to create his one of a kind glass sculptures. The glass is placed in his ceramic kiln and heated to a plastic state in and over molds. This process fuses and reforms the glass into new and wonderful shapes inspired by his years on and near the sea. Powdered glass enamels are fused to the glass sculpture to create brilliant color fields and patterns. The glass is then carefully cooled and annealed to remove all stress. This process takes at least 24 hours per sculpture. http://www.5thstreetgallery.com |
Artist's Statement 2011 Joseph F. Drury JoeDrury@msn.com
I reform found and saved glass to create one of a kind, kiln-formed glass sculptures inspired by my years on and near the sea. The glass is recycled in a ceramic kiln and heated in and over molds to a plastic state. This process re-forms and fuses the glass into new and wonderful shapes. Powdered glass enamels and fractured glass are fused to the glass sculpture to create brilliant color fields and patterns. The glass is then carefully cooled and annealed to remove all stress. This process takes at least 24 hours per sculpture ( http://www.Joedrury.com and http://www.5thstreetgallery.com ).
Biography:
Joseph F. Drury is an artist, sculptor, and instructor who has worked in glass, steel, and stone for ten years in Studio 512 at the Pendleton Art Center and currently produces abstracted kiln formed glass sculpture and objects of art. He holds a BFA in Sculpture from Syracuse University and has worked as an artist since 1964 in New York, California, Oregon, and Canada,
Exhibitions:
An active member artist at The 5th Street Gallery in Cincinnati, Drury's work has been shown in Cincinnati, OH at The Cincinnati Art Museum Store, The Tower Place Gallery at the Carew Tower, Metro Nation, Indigenous Gallery, The Hyde Park Show, The Water Lily Gallery, and 512 Studio; in northern Kentucky at Art on The Levee, Newport on the Levee, Gallerie Zaum, and The Fusion Gallery; in Eugene, OR at the Salon des Refus'es, 1995, 1996, 1997, The Hult Center for the Arts, and The Maude Kerns Art Center, The Downtown Garden, and The Sherman Gallery. Drury maintains a working studio, offering monthly access to the public, at the Pendleton Art Center. Drury's work will be on display at the Dayton Art Institute Store beginning in 1/2011.
Installations:
Kiln Formed Glass Sculptures "Seascape I" and "Seascape II" are in the collection of The W.W. Carpenter Enamel Foundation Museum in Bellevue, KY. Public Sculpture "Waterfall II" (winner of the "Outside Art 96" competition), originally sited on the Eugene Oregon Broadway Mall outside "The New Yorker Restaurant," is now in a private collection. "Outside Art 95" winner "Waterfall I" was also sited on the Broadway Mall by the Lane County Arts Council. Other works are found in public and private collections in London, Mumbai, Montreal, Vancouver, New York, Boston, Seattle, Eugene, San Francisco, L.A. Miami, Orlando, Palm Beach, Sarasota, Cincinnati, and at Northern Kentucky University. Images of recent work are available online at http://www.JoeDrury.com and at http://www.GlassArtists.org/JoeDrury.
Instruction:
Drury offers instruction by appointment and through scheduled classes in the creation of artwork from recycled, kiln-formed fused glass, as well as stone and steel sculpture to artist students who want to express in new mediums. He also teaches "Glass on Glass" Enameling workshops at Thompson Enamel through the W.W. Carpenter Enamel Foundation Museum, Bellevue, KY.
Education:
Syracuse University, BFA, Sculpture 1986 (Attended 1964-1968); Senior Sculpture Award
San Mateo College, Independent Study, Sculpture welding, 1976
U C L A, Advanced Computer Graphics credits , Animation program, 1986
Additional independent study in foundry and ceramic shell casting at California State Uniersity, Long Beach; Lane College, Eugene, OR; and Northern Kentucky University.
Drury Glass Art. 5 second slides