David Scott Patchen (born ) is an American
glass art
Glass art refers to individual works of art that are substantially or wholly made of glass. It ranges in size from monumental works and installation pieces to wall hangings and windows, to works of art made in studios and factories, including gl ...
ist who uses the techniques of
cane
Cane or caning may refer to:
*Walking stick, or walking cane, a device used primarily to aid walking
* Assistive cane, a walking stick used as a mobility aid for better balance
* White cane, a mobility or safety device used by blind or visually i ...
and
murrine
Murrine (singular: murrina) are colored patterns or images made in a glass cane that are revealed when the cane is cut into thin cross-sections. Murrine can be made in infinite designs from simple circular or square patterns to complex detailed d ...
in an American style.
Early life and education
David Scott Patchen was born in in
New Rochelle
New Rochelle ( ; in ) is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States. It is a suburb of New York City, located approximately from Midtown Manhattan. In 2020, the city had a population of 79,726, making it the 7th-largest city and 2 ...
, New York.
He is primarily self-taught since 2001. Informal education included visits to the studio of Afro Celotto, maestro and former assistant to
Lino Tagliapietra
Lino Tagliapietra (born 1934) is an Italian glass artist originally from Venice, who has also worked extensively in the United States. As a teacher and mentor, he has played a key role in the international exchange of glassblowing processes and te ...
in
Murano
Murano is a series of islands linked by bridges in the Venetian Lagoon, northern Italy. It lies about north of Venice and measures about across with a population of just over 5,000 (2004 figures). It is famous for its glass making. It was o ...
, Italy, and an artistic merit scholarship to the
Pilchuck Glass School.
Work and career
Early in his career, Patchen assisted several artists including Afro Celotto and
Marvin Lipofsky in creating their work.
Patchen's work is internationally known primarily for a combination of intricately patterned and vibrant color combinations in large scale blown glass.
Patchen's series include forms titled "Resistenza", "Foglio", "Parabola", "Allegro", "Bloom", "Piscine", "Ellipse" and "Spheres" which are created in murrine and/or cane. He has collaborated on sculptures with glass artists Mark Leputa in 2017, Rob Stern in 2019 and has an active collaboration with U.K. glass artist James Devereux on two series: Clovis and Quillon.
Patchen resides in
San Francisco
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of ...
, California, and works out of Public Glass in San Francisco.
Recognition
Patchen was awarded an artist residency in 2010 in
Seto
Seto may refer to:
Places
*Seto, Aichi, production place of Japanese pottery and venue of Expo 2005
* Seto, Ehime, facing the Seto Inland Sea
* Seto, Okayama, adjacent to Okayama, in Okayama Prefecture
*Seto Inland Sea of Japan
*Setomaa (''Seto ...
city, Japan where his visit was covered by the local media and included lectures, demonstrations and a show of his work at the Seto City Art Museum. Based on Patchen's expertise, his book is part of the permanent collection of Giorgio Cini Foundation's Centro Studi del Vetro (Glass Study Center) library in Venice, Italy and the Rakow Library at the
Corning Museum of Glass
The Corning Museum of Glass is a museum in Corning (city), New York, Corning, New York, United States, dedicated to the art, history, and science of glass. It was founded in 1951 by Corning Incorporated, Corning Glass Works and currently has a ...
.
His work is in many private and public collections, featured in many publications and frequently in shows such as
SOFA Chicago (Sculpture, Objects Functional Art), ART Shanghai, COLLECT London, and ART Palm Beach. His work is shown in galleries and in museums in the U.S., and Europe.
His work was featured in a cover article in the March/April 2016 issue of ''Glass Art Magazine''.
He has demonstrated publicly including at the Glass Art Society's international conference in 2015 in
San Jose, CA
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and 2022 at the
Museum of Glass
The Museum of Glass (MOG) is a contemporary art museum in Tacoma, Washington, dedicated to the medium of glass. Since its founding in 2002, the Museum of Glass has been committed to creating a space for the celebration of the studio glass movem ...
in
Tacoma, WA
Tacoma ( ) is the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. A port city, it is situated along Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, southwest of Bellevue, northeast of the state capital, Olympia, northwest of Mount ...
, and as guest artist at the
Corning Museum of Glass
The Corning Museum of Glass is a museum in Corning (city), New York, Corning, New York, United States, dedicated to the art, history, and science of glass. It was founded in 1951 by Corning Incorporated, Corning Glass Works and currently has a ...
in 2017 and 2022.
Other activities
Patchen is involved in the glass arts community as Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors at Public Glass and is a former member of the Board of Directors, Glass Alliance of Northern California.
Gallery
Image:6930DavidPatchen.blownglass.murrine.zanfiricocane.jpg, David Patchen "Ellipse" Blown glass; cane, murrine, 2024
Image:7094a.david.patchen.foglio.blown.glass.murrine.jpg, David Patchen "Foglio" Blown glass; cane, murrine, 2024
Image:Foglio by David Patchen 5685.jpg, ''Foglio''; Blown glass sculpture by David Patchen
Image:Foglio by David Patchen5674detail.jpg, ''Foglio'' detail by David Patchen
Image:Resistenza - David Patchen 7918.jpg, Resistenza using murrine. Pieces by David Patchen are often over thirty-six inches in height.
Image: Bloom David Patchen 2114.jpg, Bloom; blown glass sculpture by David Patchen
Image:Bloom - David Patchen 9385.jpg, Bloom sculpture
Image:Foglio - David Patchen 9416.jpg, Foglio
Image:David Patchen Foglio4705.jpg, Foglio by David Patchen.
Image:Foglio by David Patchen4708detail.jpg, Detail of Patchen's murrine work composed of tens of thousands of threads.
Image:Murrine Foglio detail - David Patchen.jpg, Foglio detail
Image:Parabola - David Patchen 8677.jpg, Parabola
Image:Blown glass by David Patchen („Parabola detail”) September 27th 2011.jpg, Parabola detail
Image:Foglio - David Patchen 8979.jpg, Foglio
Image:Foglio detail - David Patchen 8990.jpg, Foglio detail
Image:Uranium Foglio - David Patchen 5349e.jpg, Foglio (Uranium glass under fluorescent light)
Image:Foglio - David Patchen 7084.jpg, Foglio
Image:Foglio detail - David Patchen 7106.jpg, Foglio detail
Image:Canework in glass sculpture - David Patchen.jpg, Sphere
Image:David Patchen Show - Seto City Museum of Art 683web.jpg, David Patchen's show at the Seto City Museum of Art, Aichi, Japan.
See also
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Caneworking
In glassblowing, cane refers to rods of glass with color; these rods can be simple, containing a single color, or they can be complex and contain strands of one or several colors in pattern.
Caneworking refers to the process of making cane, and ...
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Glass art
Glass art refers to individual works of art that are substantially or wholly made of glass. It ranges in size from monumental works and installation pieces to wall hangings and windows, to works of art made in studios and factories, including gl ...
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Glassblowing
Glassblowing is a glassforming technique that involves inflating molten glass into a bubble (or parison) with the aid of a blowpipe (or blow tube). A person who blows glass is called a ''glassblower'', ''glassmith'', or ''gaffer''. A '' lampworke ...
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Murrine
Murrine (singular: murrina) are colored patterns or images made in a glass cane that are revealed when the cane is cut into thin cross-sections. Murrine can be made in infinite designs from simple circular or square patterns to complex detailed d ...
References
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1966 births
Artists from New Rochelle, New York
Living people
American glass artists
Artists from California