Into the New
Nationally recognized for her sandblast etched glasswork, Bradford has also won the National Decade of Excellence Award for glass fusing and slumping. She is published on a regular basis and authors many articles on technique.Working since 1979, Bradford has created many architectural installations throughout the country. Her Colorado studio is small but capable of producing large installations, often employing a variety of techniques. Corporate, public and private commissions are welcome.
Each work is uniquely original and special attention is given to the client's own individual needs for any given situation. Production work is not accepted, as custom commission work remains her concentration.
Bradford was trained as a fine artist and can create unique art glass for your next project.
142 Wichita
Lyons, CO 80540
A multilayered wall installation of a Rocky Mountain Aspen forest.
Public Art, Sand carved and etched double wall
Public Art - Westside Police Service Center, Tucson, AZ - 2007
Visitors arriving at the Marriott Hotel in Anaheim, Ca. are greated by a lovely image of a bamboo forest in glass. This 7' tall x 14' wide double layer of glass is sandblast-carved and lit from inside.
Eight 4' x 6' panels with trees and plants from the Philadelphia area form an octagon vestibule of sandcarved art glass.
Ten enormous panels with dancing Russian Circus bears on 1/2" glass.Russian Tea Room
Detail of a bear from the Russian Tea Room
Sandcarved aspen forest with special lighting effects at the Vilar Center for the Arts, Beaver Creek, Colorado.
37" diameter x 60" x 12" Free standing sculpture displayed at Kittrell/Rifkind Art Glass, Dallas, Texas. This image is a detail of a large award-winning sculpture that stands 60" tall. The sandcarved and airbrushed disc rests on a walnut burl base that carries halogen bulbs within, edge lighting the carved surfaces of the glass. This work of art speaks to our future.
A page featuring small images of Dolphins, untitiled forest scene and Lobos de la Luna.
A page containing small images of Godiva Light and Music of the Spheres.
A close-up detail from the aspen forest featured above.
Two panels from a wraparound for a whirlpool in Aspen, Colorado.
Sandcarved forest scene.
Detail from a multilayer wall installation.
Sandcarved free standing sclupture.
Detail from a 7' x 7' stained glass and sandblast flashed glass work.
Read the introduction to her series of columns on sandblasting. "I really think an artist doesn't always have a handle on what he's doing. He just becomes some sort of channel through which some other energy creates." (from Glass Art Magazine, July/August, 1992.)
Copyright 2000, Kathy Bradford
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