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Randi Solin

My work is rooted in the process of creating. I’m in love with the act of blowing glass, and with its optical properties.

I incorporate techniques found in both classic Venetian glassblowing and the American Art Glass movement. However, I approach my work two-dimensionally, like a painter to a canvas or a weaver using thread to create an intricate tapestry. My glass pieces are compositions, and, atypical to glass blowing in general, they have a "front". Generally my forms have an Asian influenced simplicity, which allows for my complex and painstaking coloration process to unfold. I build layer upon layer of color using glass in all particle sizes, powder, cane, frit, and rod–like a painter’s palette, to create original homogeneous coloration and truly one-of-a-kind work.

My optics serve as the window into my coloration process into the "soul" of a piece allowing the viewer to peer into its life, like the rings of a tree. All of my pieces are intellectually created on that notion; that with each finished work, a history is revealed. My layering and coloration process is all about showing that the piece was made over time. I accentuate each individual layer, which for me is a tremendously important component to my work. My optics, the cut and polish, the juxtaposition of this organic form with this stark hard edge is unique to my work and a signature of sorts. My work requires the viewer to interact with the piece, to hold it, pick it up, to look into its interior life, to feel its incredible weight and mass, and to engage with its optics and its coloration.


Gold Ruby Emperor Bowl	Sahara Emperor Bowl
Price : $ 425. (Ships within 2 weeks)	Price : $ 425. (Ships within 2 weeks)

Earthtone Emperor Bowl	Persimmon Emperor Bowl
Price : $ 425. (Ships within 2 weeks)	Price : $ 425. (Ships within 2 weeks)

Atlantis Emperor Bowls	Cobalt Emperor Bowls
Price : $ 425. (Ships within 2 weeks)	Price : $ 425. (Ships within 2 weeks)

Autumn Bowl	Shard Bowl
Price : $ 955. (Ships within 3 weeks)	Price : $ 2050. (Ships within 3 weeks)

Window Flat	Window Cintura
Price : $ 1585. (Ships within 3 weeks)	Price : $ 2730. (Ships within 3 weeks)

Aquos	Borsetta
Price : $ 1650. (Ships within 3 weeks)	Price : $ 1550. (Ships within 3 weeks)

Randi Solin

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
The White House, Washington, D.C.
St Petersburg Museum, St. Petersburg, FL
United States Embassy, Algeria
United States Embassy, Guinea
Air France, Roissy, France
Lufthansa, Cologne, Germany
UPS, Atlanta, GA
United Arab Emirates

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA 2005
Kentucky Museum of Arts and Design, Louisville, KY 2005
The Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA 2005
The Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ 2005

AWARDS AND HONORS
Honorable Mention, Festival of Craft, Highland Park, IL 2008
Best of Glass, Bethesda Row, Bethesda, MD 2007
First Place, Best in Fine Craft, Reston, VA 2007
Second Place, Best in Show, Providence, RI 2005
Best of Glass, Stratton Arts Festival, Stratton, VT 2003
Best of Glass, Stratton Arts Festival, Stratton, VT 2002
Best of Show, Tarpon Springs, FL 2002
Best of Show, SONO Arts, Norwalk, CT 1997
Artist in Residence, San Jose State University, CA 1994-1995
Committee Chairperson and Program Monitor,
Glass Art Society, Oakland, CA 1994
Gifted Student Nominee, Corning Glass Scholarship,
Pilchuck Glass Studio, Stanwood, WA 1992
Half Scholarship Recipient, Pilchuck Glass School 1991
Dorothy Saxe Award Nominee,
Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA 1991
Divisional Honors for Excellence,
B.F.A. Exhibition, Alfred, NY 1990

EXPERIENCE
Owner of studio from 1995-Present
Hot Glass Assistant,
Sculptor Chris Tedessco, Santa Cruz, CA 1994-1995
Teaching Assistant,
San Jose State University, Beginning/Advanced Glass, San Jose, CA
1994
Hot Glass Assistant,
Sculptor Robert Belluccui, San Francisco, CA 1990-1994
Hot Glass Assistant,
Jean Ann Hewitt Glass & David Garcia, San Francisco, CA 1990
Cold Worker, Union Street Glass, Oakland, CA 1990

EDUCATION
B.F.A. New York College of Ceramics,
Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Major in Glass, Minor in Education, Cum Laude