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ARTIST’S STATEMENT:
A number of years
ago I had the opportunity to work in a glass studio in Sweden for
several weeks. While there, I visited the glass making region of
the country and went to the famous factories of Kosta, Boda, and
Orrefors.
Boda was a place I
was keenly interested in seeing since the glass-makers there had a
long tradition of altering blown glass forms by cutting, faceting,
grinding, and polishing. These are the kind of techniques I’ve long
been interested in doing with my own work. Once there I was
disappointed to discover that the work they were known for worldwide
was no longer being made. When I inquired as to why this was, I was
told, “Because it takes too much time.”
I have encountered
this attitude not only during my stay in Sweden; but, back here in
the U.S.A. as well. When asked by curious people to show slides of
my work I very often get the response of, “I wouldn’t do that, it
takes too much time”. So much for the concept of old world
craftsmanship.
I would like to
think my work represents the time taken.
John H. Nickerson
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