Glass Artist
Beck Glass
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Beck Glass |
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Valerie
and Richard Beck
The husband and
wife team of Valerie and Richard Beck work in blown glass to create objects
of beauty and function. They have taught at the Penland School of Craft
in North Carolina throughout their long career. They live and work in
the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Their glass ornaments incorporate
Murrini designs, based on an ancient Roman design. Layers of colored glass
are heated, shaped and stretched into long canes. Thin cross-sections
of this are then cut creating the murrinis. These opaque murrinis are
incorporated into the translucent glass during the process of blowing,
creating the patterns you see in the finished blown ball. |
511 Red Banks Rd. | Greenville, NC 27858 | Phone 252.353.7000 | Fax 252.353.7007 | Email Art@CityArtGreenville.com |
