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I look to my real and imaginary forebears for my root-inspirations.

Much of my work refers to a distant system of symbols that derive their power and strength from the common core we share with our ancestors. I feel myself riding this ancient energy, and in the glass I reach out through time, linking the shards of what I have seen, and these part-remembered memories of the past. These glimpses become my visions, and they are frozen forever in the icy-hot stillness of the glass.

They bridge, for me, the gap between the Primitive and the Abstract.

My method of casting the glass aligns perfectly with the imagery I see. The rawness and the immediacy of working the sand; the thrill and danger of pouring this magical lava, thousands of degrees hot; and the patient gestation of the piece in the annealing oven all inform the final finished creation.

With light and a seemingly solid piece of stone comes to fire-burst with color and life. Ever-changing sunlight, or carefully place manmade light gives the gift of life to the glass. When the sculpture comes alive, my work is done. Now it is the turn of the viewer’s gaze, and all it takes is their recognition of its inner life to complete the work.

The glass truly comes alive.

Marlene Rose

Triangles, 201319 x 17 x 9”Cast glass

Color Progression, 201330 x 12 x 3”Cast glass

New Autumn Stripes, 201327 x 14 x 9”Cast glass

Sunshine Buddha I, 201026 x 22 x 9”Cast glass

Lime-Green Buddha Fan, 201379 x 25 x 13”

Cast glass

Lime Green Eternity Relic, 201324 x 18 x 6”Cast glass

Red Momento, 201399 x 27 x 23”

Cast glass

Red/Purple Flower Lotus, 201030 x 20 x 11”Cast glass

Water Temple Buddha, 201317 x 11 x 7”Cast glass

Compass Rose, 201120 x 18 x 7”Cast glass

Merlot Bell, 201331 x 12 x 8”Cast glass

White Parasol Buddha, 201339 x 17 x 10”Cast glass

On coverViolet Honeycomb Quill Mask, 2009

34 x 12 x 9”Cast glass

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