Carol Milne

Carol Milne
Carol Milne in studio working on Grow Lights, 2012 Carol Milne, 2012, courtesy of Steve Isaacson
Born	Carol Ann Milne 1962 Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Education	Guelph College of Art
Known for	Glass Sculpture

Carol Milne (born March 10, 1962), is a Canadian sculptor living in Seattle, Washington. She is best known for her knitted glass work, winning the Silver Award, International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa Japan 2010.

Career

Milne graduated in 1985 from the university of Guelph Ontario, in Landscape Architecture. “I spent many years avoiding being an artist[, taking] the circuitous route to Sculpture via Landscape Architecture.”

After a short stint at a landscape architects office, Milne worked at a pre-press graphics shop managing a small group of digital typesetters. In 1988-89 she was a graduate student in the University of Iowa's MFA program in sculpture.

1993 – 1996, Milne and Liza Halverson re-designed the Licton Springs Park Playground in Seattle, Washington., incorporating mosaic and tile elements with community volunteers.

Mosaic tile at Licton Springs Park, Seattle, Washington

Since 2000, Milne works primarily in glass, although kitting also plays a major part in her work, for example, “Grow Lights”.

Knitted Glass

In 2006, Milne developed “Knitted Glass”, incorporating the techniques of knitting, lost-wax casting, mold-making, and kiln-casting. As Milne describes in, “Knitting wasn't yet cool...” [link]: The process involves (A) knitting the original art piece using wax strands, (B) surrounding the wax with a heat-tolerant refractory material, (C ) then removing the wax by melting it out, thus creating a mold; (D) the mold is placed in a kiln where lead crystal “frit” heated to 1,530 Fahrenheit melts into the mold; (E) after the mold has cooled, the mold material is removed to reveal the finished piece within.

Personal Life

Carol Milne is married to Steve Isaacson whom she met in 1984 while attending a Landscape Architecture convention at Iowa State University. Carol and Steve have two daughters, Mara and Jasmine, both born in the United States.

In 2012, Milne became a United States citizen and registered to vote in the United States; “So I can vote for Obama."

Recognition

• 2 Honorable Mentions, Cheongju International Craft Juried Competition, Cheongju, Republic of Korea [1]

• Honorable Mention purchase award, Art of Our Century, UVU Woodbury Art Museum, Orem, UT [2]

• Silver Prize, International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa, Japan, 2010 [3]

• Grants for Artist Projects (GAP) Award, Artist's Trust, Seattle, WA, 2007

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Selected Exhibitions

asterisk indicates solo show

2012

10 x 10 x 10 Tieton, Tieton, WA [5]

Bellwether 2012: Artwalk Bellevue, Bellevue, WA [6] [7]

Touchables, Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR

Teapots! 6, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

The Clay Edge, Northwest Woodworkers Gallery, Seattle, WA.

Hot Tea! 13th Biennial Teapot Exhibition, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO

Shadows & Reflections, University House Wallingford & Ida Culver Broadview, Seattle, WA

Earth & Fire: Materials and Methods, Pratt Gallery at Tashiro Kaplan, Seattle, WA

International Artist Exhibition (online), The Contemporary Glass Society, http://www.cgs.org.uk

2011

11.11.11, Community Artists Program, Seattle Design Center, Seattle, WA

7th Cheongju International Craft Juried Competition, Cheongju, Republic of Korea

Art of Our Century, UVU Woodbury Art Museum, Orem, UT

Beyond Glass, with Bill Baber and Michael Roco, Gallery IMA, Seattle, WA

The Perfect Fit – Shoes Tell Stories, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID

NWDC Invitational, Matzke Fine Arts, Camano Island, WA

The Perfect Fit – Shoes Tell Stories, Kimball Art Center, Park City, UT

2010

The Perfect Fit – Shoes Tell Stories, Albany Institue of History & Art, Albany, New York

\\*Standing Tall: Towers in Glass, Gallery IMA, Seattle, WA

Red Hot Juried Auction, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA

Things We Hunt, Allied Arts, Richland, WA.

The Perfect Fit – Shoes Tell Stories, The Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY

The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa 2010, Design Center Ishikawa, Kanazawa, Japan and Notojima Glass Art Museum, Ishikawa, Japan

Art at the Port Juried Exhibition, Anacortes, WA

16th Annual Goblet Invitational, Kittrell/Riffkind Art Glass, Dallas, TX

Bellwether 2010: Artwalk Bellevue, Bellevue, WA

Contain: Vessels and the Art of Containment, Luke & Eloy Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

Linear Progression, artEAST, Issaquah, WA

Who's Who in Glass 2010, Essex Arts Center, Lawrence, MA

31st Annual Mesa Contemporary Crafts, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ

2009

Holiday Group Show, Gallery IMA, Seattle, WA

Poncho Invitational, Western Bridge Gallery, Seattle, WA

\\*Facing the Future, Gallery IMA, Seattle, WA

The Perfect Fit – Shoes Tell Stories, The Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA

Fibers Expanded, Luke and Eloy Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

Fragile Existence, Bellevue Community College, Bellevue, WA

Breaking the Mold, Pratt Gallery at Tashiro Kaplan, Seattle, WA

Containers, Containment and Contents, Art Council of Snohomish County, Everett, WA

Basket show, Museo Gallery, Langley, WA

2008

Holiday Group Show, Gallery IMA, Seattle, WA

Molten Magic, North Seattle Community College Art Gallery, Seattle, WA

Pilchuck on Display: An Exhibition of International Glass Art, The Westin Hotel, Seattle, WA

\\*Glass Slippers, Gallery IMA, Seattle, WA

Iconcepts, Two Vaults Gallery, Tacoma, WA

Pratt Display Windows, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA

High Tech/Low Tech, Oregon College of Arts & Crafts, Portland, OR

Northwest Designer Craftsmen Group Show, Museo Gallery, Langley, WA

\\*In the Name of Love, installation of 38 glass sculptures, Gallery IMA, Seattle, WA

The CVG Show, Collective Visions Gallery, Bremerton, WA

2007

High Tech/Low Tech, Kenneth J. Minnaert Arts Center, Olympia, WA

Pilchuck on Display: An Exhibition of International Glass Art, The Westin Hotel, Seattle, WA

Animalia, Allied Arts, Richland, WA

Craft Biennial: A Review of Northwest Art & Craft, OCAC, Portland, OR

13th Annual Goblet Invitational, Kittrell/Riffkind Artglass, Dallas, Texas

Lucent: A Survey of Contemporary Canadian Glass, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, Alberta

The Works Art & Design Festival, Edmonton, Alberta

The Production Network Gallery Walls, The Production Network, Seattle, WA

2006

To Hold Within: Redefining the Container, Part I Waterworks Gallery, Friday Harbor, WA

One of a Kind, Kittrell/Riffkind Artglass, Dallas, Texas

A Contemporary Garden Art Show, City People’s Mercantile, Seattle, WA

Pilchuck on Display: An Exhibition of International Glass Art, The Westin Hotel, Seattle, WA

Pilchuck 20, 2nd Annual Exhibition Stewart Gallery, Boise Idaho

Good Things/Small Packages: An Intimate Look at Small Glass, Public Glass, San Francisco

North American Glass 2006, Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT, Juried by James Mongrain

Crafts National, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

2005

Pilchuck on Display: An Exhibition of International Glass Art, The Westin Hotel, Seattle, WA

Featured Artist, Fire ‘N Light Studios & Gallery, Gig Harbor, WA

New Hope 3rd Annual Indoor Sculpture Exhibit, New Hope, Pennsylvania

Seattle Erotic Art Festival, Consolidated Works, Seattle, WA

2004

A Contemporary Garden Art Show, City People’s Mercantile, Seattle, WA

Pilchuck on Display: An Exhibition of International Glass Art, The Westin Hotel, Seattle, WA

Drinking Glass Competition, Eugene Glass School, Eugene, OR;

Contemporary Craft Museum, Portland, OR & Alder Gallery

Pilchuck Glass School Instructor’s Show, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

Northwest Biennial: Building Wise, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA

Body Politics, Gallery 110, Seattle, WA, Juried by Gene Gentry McMahon

2003

A Contemporary Garden Art Show, City People’s Mercantile, Seattle, WA

Pratt Glass Art Instructor’s Exhibit, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA

2002

Pilchuck on Display: An Exhibition of International Glass Art, The Westin Hotel, Seattle, WA

4th Annual Art Port Townsend, Fort Worden, Port Townsend, WA. Juried by Jim McDonald

5th Annual “Modern Stone Age: Concrete Art from Pratt”, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA.

2001

4th Annual “Modern Stone Age: Concrete Art from Pratt”, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA.

External links

• Artist's Website
• Shoreline News - Glass artist Carol Milne sculpts with light for SummerSet Arts Festival
• Humor in Craft book
• Honorable mention awards were given to Nathan Barnes, Larry Goodin, Carol Milne, and Elizabeth Morisette.
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