Carol Milne
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 Carol Milne, 2012, courtesy of Steve Isaacson | |
| Born | Carol Ann Milne 1962 |
| 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.
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
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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