June 2008
"Red Hot Jazz" by Patricia Wessman
Let's Eat! Art with a Function
Patricia Wessman
Fused Glass
“Let’s Eat! Art with a Function” is the yummy theme for our June Exhibit at Illahe Design Studio & Gallery. Our featured artist, Patricia Wessman, will show her striking series of fused glass plates. Patricia’s inspiration is drawn from her observations in nature.
“I have always been captivated by patterns and structures in nature. I once saw a mural that depicted the microscopic and the cosmic showing their similar structures and I loved it. I will travel far and wide to view rock formations up close, spend hours watching wave patterns and observing vein patterns in leaves.”
Oak Leaves luncheon plates by Patricia Wessman
“Color is my other love. Having worked for almost 30 years in clay and glazes I have to see the color in my head, because what one sees in the raw liquid glaze is not what one gets in the finished piece. I am also now working with glass, and what I see is what I get, with the lovely addition of colors melting together to form new yummy treats. My process for the fused glass plates is that I create four plates in a series. I let my imagination fly within a structure of color theme or subject reference. I am heavily influenced in my glass work by artists I have long admired—Paul Klee, Miro, Kandinski.”