A lot of Bullseye’s gallery team spent the last week on the edge of our seats.
2006 e-merge finalist Robin Provart-Kelly was battling a coven of kiln witches in order to get a piece to us in time for SOFA Chicago. After what seemed like a lifetime of hell in the hot zone, we got an email from Robin with a 20 point EUREKA and a picture of this amazing pâte de verre work.
Robin Provart-Kelly, “Bounty”, 2008. Pâte de verre and kilnformed glass. 3.5″ x 8.25″ x 8″
It’s missed our outbound SOFA truck, so it’s traveling solo to meet up with us when we get to Chicago. We’re all elated – and minus fingernails – to be able to show Robin’s work for the first time at the fair.
Some of you may remember that Robin won second place in the Non-Functional category of e-merge in 2006. She also won an all-expense paid trip to North Lands Creative Glass in Scotland and a place in Silvia Levenson’s summer 2007 workshop there.
Robin, Cobi Cockburn and Silvia Levenson at North Lands, June 2007. Great memories, odd lunch, Robin! (fruit, kelp and driftwood?)
BTW, after e-merge and North Lands, Californian Robin went on to be shortlisted in the First London International Creative Competition.
Come on by the Bullseye Gallery booth (#407) at SOFA Chicago to check out some post-Halloween treats.
I love this piece. For so long “beautiful” shiny glass was all you would see in the galleries. Seeing a pair of beatup gloves and robin’s eggs in glass warms my heart.
I showed those gloves to The Dot… she was blown away…as was I. Do you have any “construction” notes on the piece?
Sorry, Gary, no construction notes. Just “keep doing it until one works”…I’ll try to get more details from Robin after SOFA.
I think she’s in rehab right now.
Wow! This is a fantastic piece. The gloves look so realistic. Very cool.
This amazing piece wins my vote HANDS down! or are they facing up. Wonderful piece. Les