Voluptuous Poppy
by Andrea Loomis
9.5" x 9.5" x 6"
Voluptuous Poppy is inspired by a place I come from. This most dramatic wildflower was found at the side of gravel roads of my childhood summers in Bavaria, Germany. We discovered the world riding our bicycles on these roads. One cannot pick them, they immediately wilt and drop their leaves. Their beauty had to be admired in the moment and just where they decided to reside like the fleeting moments that make up the memories of our own journey.
Over the last 30 years, they had all but disappeared due to the overuse of pesticides in modern agriculture. Just in the last couple of years, they reemerged. Bringing back their beauty and the memories alongside it they are even more meaningful as they are now instilling the grown human with the hope that we are beginning to learn that protecting nature must be our most important purpose.
Sculptural pressed glass bowl, 2024
Artist Statement:
I save myself by
Finding meaning in beauty
Sharing my rescue.
"'Sharing my rescue?'
From what? You're fine!" they say
"Like you?" I ask.
"Of course!" they reply.
"Then please just enjoy...(I smile)
...the magical view."
My passion for glass fusing ignited in 2012. The technical and challenging aspects of kiln glass as an artistic medium, and the expressiveness of glass using light and color, transparency and shadows never cease to amaze me!
I don’t just think outside the box; my home has always been outside the box! I moved to the US in 2000 leaving family, friends, and a career behind. The culture and idea worlds of my native Central Europe, and more local, southern Germany are the backbone of my creative work. Yet for me, being a citizen of two continents means bonding my imprint through crafts, traditions, and art history, with the ideas and perspectives I gained through my move into a “new” world. My mostly sculptural work is abstract and highly experimental. At the core lies my unquenchable thirst for exploration. Visual experiences, memories, and my imagination provide the language to express what occupies my mind: what separates us, and could bring us together - politics, culture systems, spiritual ideas, landscapes and their impacts, and memories of people and communities we love. I continue to travel, explore places and cultures, learn new techniques, and experiment.
by Andrea Loomis
9.5" x 9.5" x 6"
Voluptuous Poppy is inspired by a place I come from. This most dramatic wildflower was found at the side of gravel roads of my childhood summers in Bavaria, Germany. We discovered the world riding our bicycles on these roads. One cannot pick them, they immediately wilt and drop their leaves. Their beauty had to be admired in the moment and just where they decided to reside like the fleeting moments that make up the memories of our own journey.
Over the last 30 years, they had all but disappeared due to the overuse of pesticides in modern agriculture. Just in the last couple of years, they reemerged. Bringing back their beauty and the memories alongside it they are even more meaningful as they are now instilling the grown human with the hope that we are beginning to learn that protecting nature must be our most important purpose.
Sculptural pressed glass bowl, 2024
Artist Statement:
I save myself by
Finding meaning in beauty
Sharing my rescue.
"'Sharing my rescue?'
From what? You're fine!" they say
"Like you?" I ask.
"Of course!" they reply.
"Then please just enjoy...(I smile)
...the magical view."
My passion for glass fusing ignited in 2012. The technical and challenging aspects of kiln glass as an artistic medium, and the expressiveness of glass using light and color, transparency and shadows never cease to amaze me!
I don’t just think outside the box; my home has always been outside the box! I moved to the US in 2000 leaving family, friends, and a career behind. The culture and idea worlds of my native Central Europe, and more local, southern Germany are the backbone of my creative work. Yet for me, being a citizen of two continents means bonding my imprint through crafts, traditions, and art history, with the ideas and perspectives I gained through my move into a “new” world. My mostly sculptural work is abstract and highly experimental. At the core lies my unquenchable thirst for exploration. Visual experiences, memories, and my imagination provide the language to express what occupies my mind: what separates us, and could bring us together - politics, culture systems, spiritual ideas, landscapes and their impacts, and memories of people and communities we love. I continue to travel, explore places and cultures, learn new techniques, and experiment.
by Andrea Loomis
9.5" x 9.5" x 6"
Voluptuous Poppy is inspired by a place I come from. This most dramatic wildflower was found at the side of gravel roads of my childhood summers in Bavaria, Germany. We discovered the world riding our bicycles on these roads. One cannot pick them, they immediately wilt and drop their leaves. Their beauty had to be admired in the moment and just where they decided to reside like the fleeting moments that make up the memories of our own journey.
Over the last 30 years, they had all but disappeared due to the overuse of pesticides in modern agriculture. Just in the last couple of years, they reemerged. Bringing back their beauty and the memories alongside it they are even more meaningful as they are now instilling the grown human with the hope that we are beginning to learn that protecting nature must be our most important purpose.
Sculptural pressed glass bowl, 2024
Artist Statement:
I save myself by
Finding meaning in beauty
Sharing my rescue.
"'Sharing my rescue?'
From what? You're fine!" they say
"Like you?" I ask.
"Of course!" they reply.
"Then please just enjoy...(I smile)
...the magical view."
My passion for glass fusing ignited in 2012. The technical and challenging aspects of kiln glass as an artistic medium, and the expressiveness of glass using light and color, transparency and shadows never cease to amaze me!
I don’t just think outside the box; my home has always been outside the box! I moved to the US in 2000 leaving family, friends, and a career behind. The culture and idea worlds of my native Central Europe, and more local, southern Germany are the backbone of my creative work. Yet for me, being a citizen of two continents means bonding my imprint through crafts, traditions, and art history, with the ideas and perspectives I gained through my move into a “new” world. My mostly sculptural work is abstract and highly experimental. At the core lies my unquenchable thirst for exploration. Visual experiences, memories, and my imagination provide the language to express what occupies my mind: what separates us, and could bring us together - politics, culture systems, spiritual ideas, landscapes and their impacts, and memories of people and communities we love. I continue to travel, explore places and cultures, learn new techniques, and experiment.
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