spirit glass windows
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What you are about to see represents decades of collecting, washing, sorting, creating and presenting.
I believe art engages, inspires, comforts and, in some cases, heals. This work comes not from me but through me in my heart and soul.
I also believe we are stewards of the earth and should recycle, reuse and repurpose whenever possible.
Recycled Glass Collageby
Pamela Perkins
Yin | Yang
2007
24 ¾”w x 19 ¾”h
Antique window, stained glass shards, paint
Private Collection:Sasmore
Horizons
2004
24”w x 48”h
Antique window, sea glass, wood, stone, ceramic door handles, paint (shown here
with antique gloves)
“This is how I view the world… Please come visit…”
Avon Calling
2005
24 ½”w x 21½”h
Antique window, sea glass, stone, wood, shell, light filaments, paint
“The round turquoise/green
shard in the lower center panel has
Avon™ molded into it. The rest of the piece is formed around it, using bottles and jar
fragments for that well-made-up
look.”
Oops!
2006
24½”w x 29”h
Antique window, hand blown glass shards, wood, paint
2009 marks 3rd season as gallery sign on Artists Row in Salem, MA
“The most photographed sign in town.”
On A Blue Moon
2006
24 ½”w x 21½”h
Antique window, sea glass, wood, stone, pottery shards, shell
Private Collection:Dodge
Curtain Up!
2006
24 ½”w x 19 ½”h
Antique window, sea glass, stone, wood, shell, paint
Featured at Merrimac College, Art in Our Towns
exhibit celebrating the inauguration of Gov. Deval Patrick
Contents Under Pressure
2005
22½”w x 32”h
Antique window, sea glass, wood, shell, light filaments,
stone, paint
“Shades of my most recent nervous breakdown”
My scientifically obsessed friend Stephen was impressed that the volcano is “anatomically
correct.”
I Think that I Shall Never
See…
2008
19 ½”w x 20 ½”h
Antique window, sea glass, wood, shell, stone, paint, gold
and silver leaf
“Oh, how the light and foliage change with the seasons
here in New England.”
Improbable Regatta
2007
18 ½” w x 33” h
Antique window, sea glass, wood, shell, stone, paint
“With apologies and thanks to all my sailing friends.”
Currently visiting with patrons of The Lobster Shanty restaurant in Salem, MA by special request. I highly recommend eating there.
The Medicine Chest
2006
18½” w x 33”h
Antique window, sea glass, wood, shell, stone, plastic, metal, bone,
feathers, pills, Epsom salts, rubber gloves, ceramic, blown glass,
acetate, ink, paint
“Only when I finished this piece did I realize that it is a visual statement of my artistic process. Ask me about it
if you wish…”
…At the Beach
2005
24”w x 48”h
Antique window, sea glass, wood, stone, pottery shards, shell
5 Year installation in Patient Education Room at the North
Shore Cancer Center, Peabody, MA.
Transferred summer 2009 to Family
Meeting Room of 9th floor cancer ward at
Salem Hospital, Salem, MA. Seen here with sons of
surgeon Bruce Barlam.
Please think about why this piece is
where it is.
In Lieu of Lorna…
2008
30”w x 31”h
Antique window, hand blown glass, stained glass, sea
glass, wood, stone, bone, shell, paint
An homage to the drawings (upper)
and paintings (lower) of abstract expressionist and cancer survivor,
Lorna Ritz.
Fireworks
2009
7”w x 12”h
Antique glass pane, stained glass, marbles, shell, paint
Part of my “Destruction” series…originally part of a larger non-
cohesive piece.
When Maestros Explode
2006
18 ½”w x 33”h
Antique window, hand blown glass, paint
“I’m not kidding about the title of this work. It includes shards from Primo Maestro Elio Quarisa and world-renowned contemporary glassblower, Davide Salvatore as well as the work of faculty and students.
If it blew up in the kiln at the GlassWorks Studio at Salem State College in 2005-2006, part of it is probably in this window.”
Through Glass
Pemaquid Light
2009
12”w x 12”h
Wounded end table glass pane,
stained glass, crystal plate, sea
glass, marble, stone, wood, shell, paint
“Thank you my friend. E.C. for
your clumsiness and generosity!”
Private Collection: Augustine
Placeholder for decent Picture
Music
2009
8”w x 11”h
Antique glass pane, stained glass, shell, copper wire, paint
Part of my “Destruction” series…originally part of
a larger non-cohesive piece.
Suncatchers
Smaller works are available as gift items for any occasion.
Classes and workshops in making recycled material suncatchers are also available.
Prices for all goods and services upon request.
One of a kind gifts and tributes. Can be made to order. Will use your stuff or mine or a combination (collaboration is my middle name).
Recycled Materials
With the exception of the paint and fixative, all
material used in this work is recycled, including the
windows.
Natural items such as wood, stone, shell, bone
and feathers were collected on the beaches
of Maine and Massachusetts, as was the
sea glass and pottery.
All other materials, including stained and hand
blown glass shards were headed for the landfill.
Intent
Spirit Glass works are intended to engage the imagination and are especially conducive for places of meditation, healing and peace.
They aspire to speak to and uplift the spirits of the viewers.
Although some have been commissioned for private residences, which I am happy to do, I feel they serve their highest purpose as “public art.”
On A Blue Moon installed
Exhibitions
Firehouse Center for the Arts
Lynn Arts
GlassWorks Studio
Marblehead Arts Association
Salem Arts Association
The Art Corner
SASS:C Gallery
Merrimack College
Many Other Lesser-known Places By
Request
The work changes dramatically with the lighting.
Music in this Presentation
FIREFLIES by Paul Sullivan© 1992, River Music,www.rivermusic.com
IN THE HOUSE OF STONEAND LIGHT by Martin Page© 1994, EMI Virgin Music Inc./Martin Page Musicwww.martinpage.com
Gratefully used by permission.
Photography
A million thanks to Kim Mimnaugh and Gary LaParl for some of the better photos in this presentation. www.garylaparl.com
“Everyone always wants to see the back…”
Pamela PerkinsNewburyport, MA
(978) 465-2719
“Thanks for Communing!”
© Spirit Glass, 2009