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I was out at Vrij Glas today working on two new pieces. Here are process shots- they aren’t done yet. The top one is going to be even bigger by at least 30%. We had a great day out there- I had 2 assistants (thanks to Marc Barreda, the resident expert, and Marianne Lammersen, from the Reitveld Academie). Ingunn Jonsdottir, a product designer, also came along to see what we were making. By the end of the day, we got her to try gathering glass out of the furnace for the first time. Later that night, she sent me this song about the wonders of glass:
On Friday the Reitveld Academie glass department came to Vrij Glas for a demonstration and lecture. Marc and Josie made some beautiful and delicate goblets based on old Dutch styles and then they helped me start a large paper piece. Photo credit: Marianne Lammersen
Ann Welles, curator of the Houghton Gallery at 171 Cedar Arts Center in Corning, NY just wrote in her newsletter:
“… the award for most compactly condensed artwork has to go to Anne Gant. Two of the pieces Anne had in Cutting Edge (2007) were over 7 feet wide (some of the largest we have shown in the Houghton Gallery) but they were made up of separate pieces of paper. The first time I ever saw Anne, she was walking up Cedar Street, all of her artwork sandwiched neatly between a few pieces of cardboard. Allen Bentley’s U-Haul truck had just pulled away from the curb.”
It’s true- when we were installing this show, I brought everything up on the Greyhound bus in 1 portfolio, and we put up the show in less than 3 hours. One of the best things about working with paper is that it is easy to pack; compact and light, and fast to install.
