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Art Glass and Unique Sculpture by Karen E. Woodward |
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January
2010 |
1/28
Mark your calendars for April 3rd! I
will be creating an original work of art live
at the 2010
Wall Ball. This event supports the Saint
Louis City Open Studio and Gallery (SCOSaG) which is
a great place to take art classes and learn about art. This event includes
a unique silent auction featuring the live creative process of 50+
local aritsts!! Be there! 7 PM - 12 AM at NEO on Locust at 2801
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1/24
This is the card for my upcoming show at PHD. I think it is super
cool. Jeff Kapfer will be exhibiting paintings of birds and I will
have tons of glass bees, plus a few other works in the portfolio
space. The bees will be flying around the gallery engaging in an
assortment of bee activities. Working on this project has definitely
been interesting as I have read and learned quite a bit about bee
behaviors. The bees in the show will play with both traditional
and nontraditional concepts about "the birds and the bees."
It is going to be good! |
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1/11
Here is a sculpture for my upcoming show........ |
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1/10
Look! Here is a recent picture of myself (photo below) No, not really...
it is just an experimental piece with a murrini chip for the teeth.
Things are getting strange around here. OK, back to work. |

confused
head with murrini teeth |
Happy
New Year! Inquiring minds have requested that I explain how I
create my work, so I will start with this: a view of my flameworking
station. There is a torch, glass color rods, and a variety of
shaping tools. For inspiration, there are a few of my doodle drawings
in the background, plus a few little dude sculptures in the back
corner. An explanation of large scale castings to come...
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Education
News:
Really super fun kid stuff! Two of my favorite collectors, Max and
Diane, helped put together a project for the school auction at Brookwood
Elementary in Kansas City! Work from my Effigy
Series helped to provide inspiration to the kids for the project.
It is good to know that I am doing something positive for the education
of today's youth! Learn about it here.
Great job kids!! |
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December
2009
Here
it is - a detail image of my new larger work from the Vise
Grip/ C Clamp Man series. I have been working
on this series on for the past couple of years, and now
it is big! The entire piece is about 3 ft. in length.
If
you are doing some last minute stuff I just brought in a
few new sculptures to the Craft
Alliance Gallery. If you are there, check out the piece
titled Red Spike. He is wack. Other news is that
I will open an etsy shop sometime in the near future.
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November
2009

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Hi
there! I've got a few cool things going on these days. The first
is that I am getting ready for a show at PHD
Gallery in March. I met the owner at my last show, and he invited
me to exhibit some pieces in the Portfolio Space. Philip
is hip to new things so it should be fun! The second is that I am
working with the kilnworking director at Third
Degree Glass Factory to create some larger scale cast pieces.
They are in the kiln as we speak. The pieces are similar to my other
works, just larger. This story is developing, so stay tuned for
details.
Also,
I am showing a few new pieces at the Craft
Alliance Gallery. Make sure to ask Kris if she has all of the
available pieces on display. There might be some in her office.
THANK
YOU Dan for the macro lens! You are the best! Check out this pink
dude! |
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September
2009
9/16
Thanks so much to everyone who made it out to the St. Louis Art
Fair. I met a lot of new people, visited with friends, and got
a lot of super cool ideas for new sculptures. I am going to play
with my baby Jackie for a few days before I get back to the torch.
More news soon!
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August
2009
Make
sure to check out the Lifestyles section of the St.
Louis Post Dispatch on 8/22/09. I will be a featured artist
in an article. A photographer came to my studio and took pictures
for 2 hours. See the full article here.
Things
are crazy hot here in my studio as I am getting ready for
the St. Louis Art Fair.
This will take place September 11, 12, and 13. I'll be in booth
#303. If my art looks extra bizarre at the show, it is because I
was as hot as a rotisserie chicken while I was working!
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sculpture
from the Rotisserie Chicken series |
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If
you are out and about town in St. Louis, you can still see my work
at the Craft Alliance
Faculty Biennial and at my solo show at the Third
Degree Glass Factory through August 18. If you can't make it
to the show, click here,
scroll to the bottom of the page, and select the slide show. There
are 40 images from the opening night! |
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July
2009
Lots
of stuff this month! I have a solo show of "coloring book"
drawings and mixed media works at the Third
Degree Glass Factory. This is a fun show and was installed by
my good friends and fellow artists Michel Krevenas and Chuck Fuhry
(thank you Michel and Chuck!). I am also exhibiting my work at the
Contemporary Art Museum
St. Louis as part of the City-Wide
Open Studios event. You can also see a fun piece of mine at
the Craft Alliance
Faculty Biennial. |
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Hot
Tub Party (Coloring
Book Drawing at Third Degree Glass Factory) |
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May
2009
On
Thursday May 7 make sure to watch Great Day St. Louis on
Channel 4 at 10:00 AM. The good people at Laumeier Sculpture Park
will talk about this year's fair and will give sneak peak of some
of my new work.
Hi
there. Good news! A piece from the Rasta Man series was
selected to be shown in the exhibit Perspectives:
Traditions and Innovations in Glass Beads. This show will
open during the 2009 Glass
Art Society conference in NY. Also, the show at PISMO
Gallery in Denver is up and running. Check out the press release
for the show here.
The Laumeier
Contemporary Art Fair is May 8, 9, and 10. Hope to see you there! |
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April
2009
Keepin'
busy. This sculpture is ready for the next show. He is glass, peyote
stitch seed beads, and steel on an 8" x 10" steel panel.
Check back later to see more dudes, including the Flying Bubble
Gum Man and Mr. Egg. |
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March
2009
This
month will be interesting as I was invited to be a juror for the
Historic Shaw Art Fair! Also, construction for the Craft Alliance
Glass Museum is underway. We are currently arranging pieces from
the "permanent collection" of the Glass Studio for the
new display. Check it out later this month! |
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Feb
2009
Hi
everybody! I am back in the studio getting ready for a few new
shows. In May I will have work at PISMO
Gallery in Denver, CO for their annual bead invitational, and
later that month I will exhibit at the Laumeier
Contemporary Art Fair. The piece above is from my Rasta
Man series and will be available at PISMO. Look for his picture
in the next American Craft Magazine. Also, check out my work in
the Winter 2008 issue of The
Flow Magazine.
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Jan
2009
Thanks
to everyone who made it out to see People, Planets, and Places
at Bonsack Gallery. I gave a gallery talk to the sculpture students
and they seemed to appreciate the work! If you missed the show
you can still see it in my portfolio
section.
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Jackieland,
2008, cast, fused, and flameworked glass, neon, phosphor powders,
enamel, acrylic, and mixed media on birch, 60" x 48" x
5" |
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Dec
2008
New
works are currently on view at Bonsack Gallery from Dec 5 to Jan
13 in my show titled People, Planets, and Places. Click
here to see
more of the show. This body of work is further development of
the work I exhibited at Third Degree Glass Factory.
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Nov
2008
Hello.
If you happen to be in Houston, please stop by Goldesberry
Gallery on the Colquitt gallery row. I have some really fun
pieces on display in a group show titled Strange Bedfellows.
My work is mixed media with glass, but the rest of the show is mostly
figurative works in ceramic. As stated by the curator, "Strange
Bedfellows is an assemblage of artists working with craft media
that expands upon, and transcends, typically conventional ideas
about the aesthetic genre. The exhibition features work that presents
odd, and sometimes larger-than-life, juxtapositions in depictions
of the figure, whether straightforward or through anthropomorphized
flora and fauna, and how it is handled in contemporary craft media."
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www.KarenWoodwardStudios.com |
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