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Bullseye's employees impressed
friends, family, co-workers and
RC customers with their glassworking
skills and creativity
once again during the fifth annual
Working Glass exhibition.
An open call for entries resulted
in an impressive turnout of 29
participants. The exhibit was
held in the Resource Center upstairs
gallery space from May 15
to June 30.
The jurors this
year were Mel George, Jeremy Lepisto and Richard Glenn. Mel and Jeremy
came with first-hand Working Glass experience, both having won a
prize or two years ago when they were Bullseye employees. The couple
now runs Studio Ramp, a glass-fusing studio where they produce their
own individual glass artwork, along with architectural scale projects
and commissions for artists. Richard Glenn is an RC customer and local
glass artist who has had pieces in two previous e-merge exhibitions.
Bonnie Celeste
WHAT DO YOU DO AT BULLSEYE:
I educate, demonstrate, facilitate, investigate & clean up.
DESCRIBE YOUR CREATIVE BACKGROUND:
Macaroni necklaces, walking around right after a snowstorm, getting out of town, & thoughts right before I wake.
WHAT OTHER MEMORABLE JOBS HAVE YOU HAD:
Once I was paid to wear a Twinkie the Kid suit and walk around a food festival.
WHAT LED YOU TO WORKING AT BULLSEYE:
Good fortune and it saved me from trying to set up a torch in my apartment kitchen.
WHAT IS YOUR ARTIST STATEMENT:
It is in my nature to gather and collect and I often use this energy in my work.
LIST FIVE THINGS THAT TELL US
A LITTLE MORE ABOUT YOU:
Memorable Places & Tastes
1. Buffalo: sponge candy
2. Florence: pizza
3. Barcelona: aceitunas (olives)
4. Porto: pastel de nato
5. Home: cookin'
Blaine Burnham
WHAT DO YOU DO AT BULLSEYE:
Casting and forming sheets.
DESCRIBE YOUR CREATIVE BACKGROUND:
B.A. glassblowing from Anderson University
WHAT OTHER MEMORABLE JOBS HAVE YOU HAD:
Production glassblowing at Bernie Enterprises, hot shop manager at Anderson University.
WHAT LED YOU TO WORKING AT BULLSEYE:
Glass... Portland... and free Gatorade.
WHAT IS YOUR ARTIST STATEMENT:
What qualifies as art? A finished piece, ready to be hung in a gallery? A performance in front of an audience? What about an auto mechanic replacing head gaskets on your car? Is that life or art? Where does life end and art begin?
LIST FIVE THINGS THAT TELL US
A LITTLE MORE ABOUT YOU:
5 Things I Like (in no particular order)
1. Sunshine
2. Casting from 13
3. The last slice of pie
4. Bicycles
5. The comic section of the paper
Nathan Sandberg
WHAT DO YOU DO AT BULLSEYE:
New glass testing, teaching introductory classes, working with visiting artists.
DESCRIBE YOUR CREATIVE BACKGROUND:
Associates degree in photography.
B.F.A. glass & ceramics.
WHAT OTHER MEMORABLE JOBS HAVE YOU HAD:
Production glassblower for 4 years.
WHAT LED YOU TO WORKING AT BULLSEYE:
Kansas
TELL US ABOUT YOUR ARTWORK:
Multiple parts fundamentally the same, yet independent working together within a larger arrangement.
LIST FIVE THINGS THAT TELL US
A LITTLE MORE ABOUT YOU:
Five Things I Would Bring to "the Island"
1. a pillow
2. coffee
3. ice cream
4. my kiln
5. my safety glasses
Arrianne Bright
WHAT DO YOU DO AT BULLSEYE:
Artfully wrapping glass/craftily cutting circles (and not myself). Helping to inspire fellow artists with an amazing product. Fielding a wide range of questions, sometimes highly technical and sometimes as easy as, "Do you guys sell glass?"
DESCRIBE YOUR CREATIVE BACKGROUND:
Studied sculpture, bronze casting, two years of metalsmithing & jewelry, a museum or two or three or more... and the most important ingredient, the love and support of my family and friends.
WHAT LED YOU TO WORKING AT BULLSEYE:
Glass, beautiful glass!
WHAT IS YOUR ARTIST STATEMENT:
Designing and making art gives me a feeling of contentedness/comfort/purpose. Words just don't do it justice for me, they cannot describe the feelings correctly.
LIST FIVE THINGS THAT TELL US
A LITTLE MORE ABOUT YOU:
My favorites
1. 0137
2. 0110
3. 1141
4. 1234
5. 1305
Anton Hauptman
WHAT DO YOU DO AT BULLSEYE:
I take raw material out of bags and buckets and transfer it into barrels, mix it, and bid it adieu.
DESCRIBE YOUR CREATIVE BACKGROUND:
Degree in trial and error with an emphasis in dabbling.
WHAT OTHER MEMORABLE JOBS HAVE YOU HAD:
None, before Bullseye is a meaningless void.
WHAT LED YOU TO WORKING AT BULLSEYE:
Circumstance, serendipity and I like glass.
WHAT IS YOUR ARTIST STATEMENT:
"We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it. The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely. All art is quite useless."-Oscar Wilde
LIST FIVE THINGS THAT TELL US A LITTLE MORE ABOUT YOU:
Five Favorite Miscellanea
1. Dirigibles
2. Chinchillas
3. Bric-a-brac and knick knacks
4. Doppelgängers
5. Enigmas
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