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all started almost 20 years ago, on her father's farm, in Northern
California's Alexander Valley. Young Cynthia Myers stood in her
mom's kitchen and watched in the barnyard below.
What she saw was a woman in a mask, wearing
goggles, gloves and using her pop's air compressor- sandblasting a
huge glass window.
"I was instantly intrigued and wanted to do what
she was doing" Cynthia recalls and her love affair with glass began.
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course at the beginning the glass was barn finds: canning jars, old
wine bottles and stained glass panels. But Cynthia taught herself
and taught herself well. "I am privileged to work mostly with Blenko
Glass, who for over 100 years have maintained the tradition of hand
made glass in America. In 1995 she won the prestigious NICHE Award
and her work is exhibited in fine galleries and homes across the
U.S., Japan, Italy, England, Norway and Greece.
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an eye for subtlety and detail, Cynthia employs a shadowing
technique that gives her artistry depth and dimension. She has
developed an ever widening reputation for her sand carved glass
vases with their decorative exteriors and their innovative cut-away
rim.
"It's the light that fascinated me" she explains
"the play of color and tone that carving brings out in bending
light. Glass is a wonderful medium in that it plays with light,
capturing it, reflecting it, sliding off a smooth surface and
penetrating through to reflect the etchings. I work hard to create a
design that will enhance the play of light with my glass, but my
deepest hope is that these forms will have a function: to stop you
during the passing of the day when the light hits the work just so,
and make you say: "Oh, that's so beautiful, it makes me feel good."
It has been said that collectors of Cynthia Myers
glasswork possess a piece of poetry.
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Contact
Information:
Cynthia Myers
P.O. Box 1302
Mendocino, CA 95460
Website:
www.cynthiamyersglass.com
Email:
Phone: 707-937-2355 |
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