The mission of Gent Glas is to build an inclusive community of artists working to introduce glass as an artistic medium to the public. Originally from Philadelphia, the winner of Season 3 currently resides in Ghent, Belgium, where he directs Gent Glas, a community glass studio he co-founded in 2014. These attributes and ideologies made Moran’s appearance on the Netflix glassblowing competition series, Blown Away 3, a personal nod to irony. It is not necessarily an attempt at subversion, but more an attempt to reconcile, and in a way celebrate, the absurdity and hypocrisy of society.” To paraphrase Picasso: my work is a collection of lies, hopefully helping the viewer realize the truth. Though for me the truth is not absolute, it is simply how I see the world. Moran States: “I myself am a product of all of these things I am American, and America was founded on dissent. These hot sculpted works pack an emotional punch through unforgettable imagery as seen in pieces such as New Times Roman and Sale of the Deathman. The artist attempts to illustrate how he sees the barrage of consumerism, religion, and politics colliding with depictions of social injustice, secular beliefs, and popular culture.
While he draws ties to American pop culture, politics, and social issues, it’s not done arbitrarily.
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John Moran: Winner of Netflix’s Blown Away 3Īs a storyteller, John Moran’s work is constructed from a series of anecdotes, references, and experiences. Through questions and guest suggestions, you have the opportunity to inspire the direction of the show and contribute to exposing lesser known artists and issues you, the Patron, feel are worthwhile. You are also helping to document and preserve the history of glass art and artists in Internet archives and online galleries.
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Other current topics include how to work glass using sustainable practices and how artists address the issues of our times such as climate change, the political chasm, and life in the age of technology.īy becoming a Patron of Talking Out Your Glass (TOYG), you are helping to support TOYG’s featured artists in a world that doesn’t always value art or objects made with the artist’s hand.
Rated in iTunes New and Noteworthy in 2018, Talking Out Your Glass continues to evolve, including interviews with the nation’s finest borosilicate artists making both pipes and sculpture on the torch. In 2016, Waggoner turned her passion for glass art into a “Terry Gross” style podcast featuring interviews with the likes of Lino Tagliapietra, Narcissus Quagliata, Dante Marioni, Robert Mickelsen, Toots Zynsky, Shayna Lieb, Kelly O’Dell, Raven Skyriver, Ginny Ruffner, Lucio Bubacco, Banjo, Richard Marquis, Judith Schaechter, and many more. Glass Artists of Colorado and the Morgan Adams ProjectĪs editor of Glass Art magazine from 1987 to March 2019, Shawn Waggoner has interviewed and written about multitudes of the world’s greatest artists working glass in the furnace, torch and on the table.CMOG’s 10 Ways to Digitally Experience Glass.LaceFace and Southern Oregon Glass Community Relief.
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