User:Monkeyinkfish/Jon Kuhn
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Jon Kuhn (b. ) is an American born sculptor and designer whose primary medium is glass. In the early years of his studio career, his work shifted entirely away from blown and fired glass. Soon after, he began working exclusively in cold sculpture, creating sculptures made primarily of glass and stainless steal. Today, Jon Kuhn is recognized globally as one of the premier studio glass artists creating cold glass sculptures.
Childhood[edit]
Born in Chicago, Illinois in 1949, to XXX Kuhn, a Professor, and XXX, a designer and artist...
Early Career[edit]
Banker...
Study[edit]
VCU...
First Exhibition[edit]
Corning 1979
Break from Blown & Fired Glass[edit]
Move to Winston & new studio... Why?
Development of Style[edit]
A Deeper Sort of Inspiration[edit]
I Ching... the hidden language of spiritualism...
Ephiphany: Medium as a Symbol[edit]
Getting at that hidden information within...
Family[edit]
From chaos to order...
A Vision of a Better World[edit]
A vision had in Meditation...
Maturity[edit]
A pristine and refined structure...
Sculptural Forms[edit]
The Gun; the ribbon; the circle
Designer, Architect, Sculptor, Artist[edit]
Influences & Process[edit]
In terms of industrial art...
Art, Architecture, Sculpture, Music and Math[edit]
Pointillism[edit]
Abstract Expressionism[edit]
Futurism[edit]
Bauhaus[edit]
"One of the main objectives of the Bauhaus was to unify art, craft, and technology. The machine was considered a positive element, and therefore industrial and product design were important components." From bauhaus page
Mysticism & Philosophy[edit]
The Future[edit]
Jon's goals... monuments...
References[edit]
External links[edit]