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Victor Chiarizia
SINCE 1975 Victor Chiarizia has explored many facets of
glassmaking, including blown, flameworked, cast, etched and
sandblasted. Today, Chiarizia's sculptural works express his
thoughts about life, growth and renewal in art glass comprised
of two distinctive techniques--hot glass and flameworked glass
with vitreous fired-on enamels. Profound images from Chiarizia's
Italian-American background coupled with a boundless
imagination give an earthy yet surreal style to much of his
sculptural work.
Victor Chiarizia's glass is well-known for its technical
innovations, organic forms and spirited colorations. His most
acclaimed work includes The Botanicals, a series of sculptures
with flameworked glass which is treated with multiple
applications of enamels to give luster and luminosity to the
vines, blossoms, fruit, human hands, and other elements that
cling to amorphous hot glass vessels.
Chiarizia also creates limited-edition vessels and sculptures
which demonstrate an exceptional use of Incalmo, a 500
year-old Venetian technique that requires the artist to create
cup-shape vessels which are then connected to one another on
the blow pipe. Incalmo and reverse incalmo are complex and
physically demanding processes for even the most experienced
glassblowers. Chiarizia uses this unusual technique to produce
large vertical and diagonal bands of color within a vessel. In
addition, he has also earned acclaim for the Volcanic Series of
glass sculptures with sand-carved and etched surfaces to reveal
deeply organic textures and colorations upon a Pate de Verre
base.
glassmaking, including blown, flameworked, cast, etched and
sandblasted. Today, Chiarizia's sculptural works express his
thoughts about life, growth and renewal in art glass comprised
of two distinctive techniques--hot glass and flameworked glass
with vitreous fired-on enamels. Profound images from Chiarizia's
Italian-American background coupled with a boundless
imagination give an earthy yet surreal style to much of his
sculptural work.
Victor Chiarizia's glass is well-known for its technical
innovations, organic forms and spirited colorations. His most
acclaimed work includes The Botanicals, a series of sculptures
with flameworked glass which is treated with multiple
applications of enamels to give luster and luminosity to the
vines, blossoms, fruit, human hands, and other elements that
cling to amorphous hot glass vessels.
Chiarizia also creates limited-edition vessels and sculptures
which demonstrate an exceptional use of Incalmo, a 500
year-old Venetian technique that requires the artist to create
cup-shape vessels which are then connected to one another on
the blow pipe. Incalmo and reverse incalmo are complex and
physically demanding processes for even the most experienced
glassblowers. Chiarizia uses this unusual technique to produce
large vertical and diagonal bands of color within a vessel. In
addition, he has also earned acclaim for the Volcanic Series of
glass sculptures with sand-carved and etched surfaces to reveal
deeply organic textures and colorations upon a Pate de Verre
base.
SERPENTI
SCULPTURE 2
Click on the images to the right to see the enlarged versions
of Victor Chiarizia's glass art.
of Victor Chiarizia's glass art.
SCULPTURE 1
INCALMO VESSEL
INCALMO VESSEL AQUA
INCALMO VESSEL 2
CHALICE
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