Janet Kelman

Janet Kelman blows and carves glass to create her work. She is inspired by underwater creatures, sea anemones. The movement that these forms create are interesting to her with their open, flowing and succulent forms and movement. The forms emerge for her as a feminine reflection of these attributes. They’re fragile yet strong, vulnerable yet buoyant, showy yet austere, and delicate yet grand. She keeps asking herself the question of the preciousness of these forms in relation to the female emphasis. Her intent is to convey a complexity of a coral reef with the motion and overlapping that the forms take with the translucence of the glass. These elegant forms are created somewhat by chance with the slumping technique. The form will twist and turn while in the kiln and creates a dynamic and stable piece of work.