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November 2005

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Alchemy Glass & Light:
Alchemy Glass & Light was started as a glass studio by artists Michael Murphy and Steve Weinstock, but has grown into a workshop of artisans working not just in glass, but also in stone, metal and wood. They produce unique pieces that, though they provide everyday functions of lighting a room or catching water in the bathroom, are also pieces of art.

Click here to see all of Michael and Steve’s lighting.

Aviana:

Aviana designs are inspired by some of the best glass designers in the industry. They’ve created and researched each of their Designer, Etched, Classical and Artisan Statement glass creations extensively to insure a one of a kind design. They create custom fabricated functional glass art in Vessels (drop-ins and counter mounts), Mirrors, Counter-Tops & Tiles all hand made in Phoenix, AZ.

Aviana Click here to see all of Aviana’s work.

Enrique Vega:
Born in Havana, Cuba, Enrique Vega is a unique combination of computer expert and professional artist blacksmith. “Some traditional blacksmiths frown upon the use of modern tools. I like to think of myself as a designer that embraces new technologies while remaining true to the traditions of my craft.” His 2000 square-foot studio has an old coal forge, a few modern gas forges, a forging hammer that delivers 180 blows a minute at 2-ton impact, and a CNC plasma cutter that he and his son Monte Vega, built from scratch. “In the process of building the CNC machine we learned a lot about how to use this new technology. It enables us to both keep up with the times and produce a more affordable artwork while maintaining a high standard of excellence in our hand crafted furniture.” Monte Vega, 23, has worked with his father since high school and continues to work full time in between his college courses. Having a natural talent for the craft, Monte has helped design some of the products and produces much of the artwork in the Vega Collection.

Sandu Musat:
Sandu Musat was born in 1959 in the Buzau region of Romania. In 1970, at the age of eleven, he won second prize for landscape painting among a field of sixty-seven art students in the country. The following year he took first place in the same national competition.

Between the years 1974 – 1978, he attended the local Arts high school where he studied painting and sculpture. Upon graduation, he entered Ion Andreescu Institute of Art in Bucharest where he was honored top of his class in each of his years there.

From 1984 until the present, his artistic output has been almost exclusively in “layered glass”, experimenting and perfecting old and new methods. The landscape themes prominent in his work are scenes sketched directly from the region surrounding his studio and home.

Approximately 80% of the cutback seen in Musat’s work is achieved through hydrofluoric acid etching. In addition, he employs wheel-grinding, carving, sand-blasting and several other techniques in the completion of each one-of-a-kind art piece.

Musat’s cameo art glass debuted internationally in 1991 in Kobe, Japan with great success, followed by expositions in 1993 and 1994 in Tokyo and Osaka. Further expositions included London in 1997, Berlin in 2001, and Haifa, Israel in 2003.

Click here to see all of Sandu’s one-of-a-kind work.

Meg Branzetti and Vicky Kokolsi:
Meg Branzetti and Vicky Kokolsi see their masks as an opportunity for fascinating design work while communicating emotion to the viewer. Meg and Vicky are influenced by the everyday. They call upon personal experiences and feelings, not historical art movements when creating. These self-taught artists’ masterpieces reflect their spiritual energy and emotion. Exploding together in an eclectic composition of color and texture the masks often refer to our primitive pasts; not to one culture, rather, a combination of all cultures. Each mask is a distinct image intended to evoke a myriad of emotions and sensations. Meg and Vicky’s friendship is what solidifies their creative collaboration. Together they have the motivation to pursue this incredible artistic journey that persist only with the impute and reaction of the viewer.

Click here to see all of Meg and Vicky’s work.

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