Joshua Bernbaum

Extroverre Purple, Black, and White

2015

Joshua Bernbaum Extroverre Purple and Green Wall Piece, 2015 Cut, wheel-carved and polished blown glass 13.50h x 11w x 2.88d in $ 3,500

Joshua Bernbaum Granulari 04, 2015 Furnace glass 9.25h x 7.25w x 6d in $3,500

"These inflated objects are grown more than fabricated. Through the process of inflation, the application of the air to the geometric construction defines form at the moment of inflation." It is the pragmatic that draws Thomas. Asked about his influences he asserts that his primary influences do not come from the realm of art but rather from everyday living. “I don’t eat, sleep, and breathe art,” he comments. His discovery of metal-working arose in a similar, practical way. Thomas had been sculpting with stone and asked someone to show him how to forge his own chisel. This was the start of his exploration of forging techniques and after a time he gave up working with stone to work with metal. One of the key aspects of blacksmithing that intrigued Thomas was fact that it isn’t instantly gratifying, and it poses questions that aren’t easily solved. He interned with Tom Joyce...

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