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Peter Ridabock
Peter Ridabock has been blowing glass since 1976 and has had the opportunity to
work with some of the world's finest glass artists: Dale Chihuly, Dan Dailey, Richard
Ritter and Fritz Dreisbach. He was awarded a fellowship to the Creative Glass Center
of America and has also attended Penland, Haystack and Pilchuck craft schools.
Ridabock glass takes a painterly approach to surface design. Large fields of solid
colors are balanced by more intricate and defined design elements. Layers of
contrasting colors and patterns merge, and then separate, creating windows in
which to view the mysteries below. The imagery, although intentionally abstract,
recalls life in the ocean. Forever moving and sustaining life, the ocean is a constant
source of inspiration.
Each Ridabock piece is original and the only one of its kind. They are made entirely
of glass, starting with a gather of molten glass at the end of a blow pipe. The glass is
continually blown and shaped with water-soaked newspaper and hand tools. The
surface design is a collage of glass dots, cane and shards. All of these design
elements are individually handmade by Peter over the previous days. These elements
are then laid out into a composition and fused into the surface of the hot glass. The
fusion procedure is done piece by piece using tweezers and a torch. After encasing
the finished piece with a layer of transparent glass, it is then placed in an annealing
oven and cooled slowly over a 15 hour period.
work with some of the world's finest glass artists: Dale Chihuly, Dan Dailey, Richard
Ritter and Fritz Dreisbach. He was awarded a fellowship to the Creative Glass Center
of America and has also attended Penland, Haystack and Pilchuck craft schools.
Ridabock glass takes a painterly approach to surface design. Large fields of solid
colors are balanced by more intricate and defined design elements. Layers of
contrasting colors and patterns merge, and then separate, creating windows in
which to view the mysteries below. The imagery, although intentionally abstract,
recalls life in the ocean. Forever moving and sustaining life, the ocean is a constant
source of inspiration.
Each Ridabock piece is original and the only one of its kind. They are made entirely
of glass, starting with a gather of molten glass at the end of a blow pipe. The glass is
continually blown and shaped with water-soaked newspaper and hand tools. The
surface design is a collage of glass dots, cane and shards. All of these design
elements are individually handmade by Peter over the previous days. These elements
are then laid out into a composition and fused into the surface of the hot glass. The
fusion procedure is done piece by piece using tweezers and a torch. After encasing
the finished piece with a layer of transparent glass, it is then placed in an annealing
oven and cooled slowly over a 15 hour period.
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Click on the images to the right to see the enlarged version of Peter Ridabock's art
glass.
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