Description
Coyle Condenser 14mm Hand Replica
This all clear piece was made by Coyle in 2012 during a class taught by legendary Robert Mickelsen where the artists casted and replicated their own hands.
Features:
- Joint Size - 14mm
- Joint Type - Female
- Joint Angle - 45°
- Diffusion - Removable downstem with four slit perc
Includes matching clear slide.
Dimensions:
Height - 16"
Width - 5.5"
Length - 5.5"
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About The Artist:
Daniel S. Coyle began blowing glass in 2003 while taking a workshop with artist Jerry Kelly. As his interest in the craft developed, he continued to pursue education in glass working techniques, and enrolled in the only school in the US with a program dedicated to scientific glassblowing, Salem Community College; subsequent to obtaining his degree in 2006, he began his career as a laboratory glassblower. After 5 years working for a chemical company, he left his job in order to pursue his artistic vision in glass pipes. Since, his work has been displayed in galleries around the world, and has been seen in print and web publications including Vice, Huffington Post, NY Times, and in the books “This Is A Pipe” and his self-published “Munny Project” book. Coyle now resides in Western Massachusetts, where he works alongside of some of the state's top pipe makers.
"Often my work is playful in nature and can remind you of toys; I guess I like to bring the viewer (or user) back to their childhood and also remind them to not take life so seriously. Why pipes? Making an object into a pipe will allow someone to bond with that object. They will have experiences with it, develop a relationship with it, and in time it will become more than a piece in their collection—it will become sentimental." -Coyle
About The Teacher:
Robert Mickelsen was born in 1951 in Fort Belvoir , Virginia and raised in Honolulu , Hawaii. His formal education ended after one year of college. He apprenticed with a professional lampworker for two years in the mid-seventies and then sold his own designs at outdoor craft fairs for ten years. In 1987 Robert Mickelsen took a class with Paul Stankard that opened his eyes to the possibilities of his medium. In 1989, he stopped doing craft shows and began marketing his work exclusively through galleries. Since then, his career has taken off. He shows his work in some of the finest galleries in the country and participates in prominent exhibitions each year. Robert Mickelsen work is exhibited in many prominent collections including the Renwick Gallery of American Crafts at the Smithsonian Institution, the Corning Museum of Glass, The Toledo Museum of Art, The Museum of Arts and Design, The Carnegie Museum of Art, The Mint Museum, The Cleveland Museum of Art, and The Museum of American Glass at Wheaton Village.
Robert Mickelsen has taught extensively at major glass schools including Pilchuck Glass School, Penland School of Crafts, The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass, and The Pittsburgh Glass Center. He has filmed and produced two videos on his flameworking process, and he has designed and maintains an elaborate web page dedicated to his own work and the galleries that represent him. Mickelsen has published numerous technical and historical articles on flameworked glass. He served for six years on the board of directors of the Glass Art Society and was their treasurer and vice-president.
- https://www.habatatgalleries.com/artist/robert-mickelsen/#:~:text=Robert%20Mickelsen%20was%20born%20in,craft%20fairs%20for%20ten%20years.
