TG: Transitions in Glass 2nd Place Design Award 2022

Rhossili Mist Centrepiece in Indigo & Clear 2019-2021

The centrepiece represents a continuous horizon, translucency allowing the components to transform with light throughout the day, as nature does under open skies. Varying thicknesses and contrasts of polished and satin surfaces create subtle shifts in the glass hues, challenging our perception of inside and outside, what is solid and what is not. The work seeks to reflect on the tangibility of everyday objects and how we use and ritualize them, while echoing the transitioning natural world around us.

Tg: Transitions in Kiln-Glass reflects the expansion and evolution of the medium and its community. Tg refers to the glass transition temperature at which the material shifts between a solid and pliable state, as the carbon chains begin to move. This metamorphosis embodies the ethos of kiln-glass, the transformation that occurs when glass softens and yields to the fierce heat of the kiln. Tg: Transitions in Kiln-Glass offers viewers an opportunity to explore the aesthetic choices, conceptual frameworks, and technical innovations of contemporary kiln-glass by artists from the US and abroad.

Bullseye Projects is pleased to announce the award winners for Tg: Transitions in Kiln-Glass, Bullseye Glass Co.'s biennial juried competition honouring outstanding contemporary kiln-glass design, architecture, and art. Works by award winners and finalists are on view in an exhibition hosted by Bellevue Arts Museum through May 29, 2022.

Tg finalists and award winners were selected through a juried competition—open to artists and designers of all levels—by jurors Michael Endo, Co-Director of High Desert Observatory, Partner at Yucca Valley Material Lab, and Curatorial Consultant for Bullseye Projects; Helen Lee, Head of Glass at University of Wisconsin-Madison and Founder of Glass Education Exchange (GEEX); and Namita Gupta Wiggers, Founding Director of the MA in Critical Craft Studies at Warren Wilson College, North Carolina, and Director and Co-Founder of Critical Craft Forum.

PHOTOGRAPHY: George House