Sculpture “Shifting Patterns” is made by casting molten glass into a steel mold and pressing objects into the hot glass to create textures. The tow sizes of glass blocks are about 6x9x1 inches or 3x3x1 inches. The glass blocks slide into steel rails and are capped at the top with another piece of steel. The title relates not only to climate shifts but the patterns seen in water and natural formations. The sculpture is 104 inches height (including stainless steel base), 32 inches width, 28 inches depth.
Maker
Ed Pennebaker
Business
Red Fern Glass
City
Clinton
Website
https://www.artglass-sculpture.com/
Bio
Ed Pennebaker started making glass in 1981 in Kansas. After a couple years blowing glass at Hale Farm & Village in Ohio, Ed established Red Fern Glass in 1985 in Salem, Arkansas. The studio was located near Osage from 1991-2018. The current studio is in Clinton, Arkansas.
Ed is known for his custom sculptural lighting. His mixed media, minimal, environmental sculptures are statements about pollution and climate change concerns at the local to the global level.