JULIE ANNE DENTON

Hanging Dragons, 2008.
Flameworked glass
12cm x 12cm

I have been making glass for the last 12 years and I turned to flame working in 1998. Since then my interest has predominantly been within the sculptural aspect of flameworked glass. I play with light and transparency, I appreciate the ceramic like qualities of glass and the smooth polished effect I can achieve in contrast. I have been making glass dragons for the last 6 months. I like the way they play with light and I think they are fun!

Biography pdf

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Selected Biography

EDUCATION
2002: Sandcasting Master class with Bertil Valien at Northlands Creative Glass Studio, Lybster, Scotland.
1999: Studied Flameworking under Emilio Santini at Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
1996 - 2000: BA (Hons) in Glass and Philosophy, University of Wolverhampton, UK.

EMPLOYMENT
2006: Teaching assistant to Loren Stump at Plowden & Thompson’s, West Midlands, U.K.
2006: Teaching assistant to Sally Prasch and Pat Bennet at Penland School of Crafts, NC, U.S.A.
2005 - 2006: Flameworking instructor, Creative Glass, Zurich, Switzerland
2005: Head of six week intensive workshop in Flameworking,
2005: Snowfarm Craft Program, Williamsburg, Mass, U.S.A. Speaker in a panel discussion on ‘art or artefact’, Oxford University Museum of Natural History for the Summer Town arts week.
2005: Teaching assistant to Shane Fero and Silvia Levenson at Creative Glass, Kent, U.K.
2004 - 2006: Flameworking instructor at the Glass Furnace, Beykoz, Turkey.
2004: Demonstrator, speaker and teaching assistant to Shane Fero, at the Glass Biennale, Ruskin Mill, Stourbridge, U.K.

COMMISSIONS
2005: Commissioned to create Turner and Whistler beads for the Tate Britain’s retail jewellery collection.
2005: Commission to create six panelled window for Mr & Mrs O’Halloran
1999: Designed and created Glass Star for the theatre production ‘Journey of the Soul’, for La Vecchia Inc, U.S.A.
1998: Designed and produced sunglasses for a musical company called ‘Sector 51’, U.K.

EXHIBITIONS
2006: ‘Liquid Light’ Contemporary Glass, Liquid Glass Centre, Frome
2006: ‘British Glass Biennale 2006’, Ruskin Centre, Stourbridge, U.K.
2005: Joint exhibition with Margaret Claydon, The Courtyard Gallery, IOM
2005: ‘Spring Exhibition’, Obsidian Art Gallery, Buckinghamshire, U.K.
2004: ‘Courtyard Artists Christmas show’, The Courtyard Gallery, IOM
2004: ‘British Glass Biennale 2004’, Ruskin Centre, Stourbridge, U.K.
2001 - 2002: ‘Glass Invitational’, Cristallo, Virginia, USA
2001: ‘Passing the Torch’, West End Gallery, Corning, U.S.A.
2001: ‘Strung Out’, Bullseye Connection, Portland, U.S.A.