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Seekers
presents the work of George Whitfield Bucquet, whose original designs in cast
glass bowls are distinguished by jewel-like colors, optical brilliance and
elegant shapes.
George
Bucquet began casting hot glass at
Penland School
,
North Carolina
in 1984. During his seven years working there he became a resident artist.
After completing his studies, George moved to
Arcata
,
CA
, where he has continued to develop new and innovative techniques for creating
his original contemporary forms. Prominent among Georges designs are bowls that
appear to have Salmon or Koi floating within their depths. Other designs feature
multiple Buddas and another is entitled Mandela.
Bucquet
also attended the Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, and has studied with many of
the leaders of the American studio glass movement, including Stephen Dee
Edwards, Paul Marioni, Sonja Blomdahl, Fritz Dreisbach, Robert Levin, Mark
Peiser, Richard Ritter, Gary Beecham and Paul Stankard.
His
work has been shown at galleries, universities and museums throughout the world,
including the
Greenhill
Center
for North Carolina Art;
Asheville Art Museum
,
NC
; the Penland School of Crafts, NC;
University
of
North Carolina
; Fort Wayne Museum of Art, IN; and the Japan Arts and Crafts Association,
Tokyo
. Bucquet's work is in the permanent collections of the Musee des Arts
Decoratifs de la Ville de Laussane, Switzerland; Denmark's Glasmuseum; the RJR
Corp.; Penland School of Crafts; American Express Corp.; the Harvey K. Littleton
Collection; U.S.
Embassy, Ottawa, Canada, the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Lausanne, Switzerland,
the Asheville Museum of Art, NC, the National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA,
and the White House.
Among
the other private collections that include George’s work are the
collections of Rupert Murdoch, Bill Gates, Irvin Borowsky, Noel and Janene
Hilliard, and the Estate of Jerry Garcia.
Among
the many publications that have featured Bucquet's work are The Collector's
Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Glass; 25 Years of Contemporary
Glass; and
Glass
State
of the Art II.
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