Video: Stitched Glass Sculptures by Susan Taylor-Glasgow
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
In her work, the American Susan Taylor-Glasgow managed to combine two completely different activities: the art of glass blowing and the art of sewing. Like pieces of matter, the author stitches together glass parts and gets amazing sculptures. And even if her cups are absolutely not suitable for tea drinking, and no fashionista will ever try on corsets, these works should be created at least in order to just admire them and enjoy it.
“Every sculpture I create starts with a flat sheet of glass,” says Susan. “I used to be a professional sewing worker, so I have a great idea of what to do with a flat piece of fabric in order to give it a shape.” Every detail of the future sculpture is cut out of glass according to a template, holes are cut in it, and then the blanks are fired in a furnace. The next stage is drawing a pattern, after which the parts should be fired again. Well, after cooling down, Susan Taylor-Glasgow sews the elements of the sculpture together using nylon ribbons or linen threads. Depending on the complexity of the work, the process of creating one piece can take from two to four weeks.
The author says that as a child, her mother always taught her that a woman should be a good housewife, be able to sew and cook. “I didn't make a good wife,” Susan sighs. - I bake inedible cakes and sew glass clothes that no one will ever wear. My life and my creativity are the result of distorted housekeeping skills. However, the author is not upset that she was not destined to become a housewife: the life of a sculptor seems to her much more interesting.
Susan Taylor-Glasgow was born in Superior, Wisconsin in 1958. Graduated from the University of Iowa with a BA in Design. The author now lives and works in Columbia, Missouri.
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