G. Michael Smith​

    I began my Glass training at Jacksonville University in 2009 after quickly falling in love with the medium. The ability to work with a material as both liquid and solid rewired my brain for how to think about creating forms and structures. I have always loved building things, and I see glass as the ultimate LEGO set; I am engaged by its many possibilities and almost limitless potential. With glass, we flow an idea into creation, all the while working with the rules and physics of the universe. I cherish sculpted glass and have a desire to discover creations one wouldn’t expect to see in the medium. I believe this pushes the material and myself to new and unexpected places while I practice skills rooted in a process thousands of years old.
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By using this material — exploring the forms it can take — I hope to inspire and engage viewers with artwork that connects them to the primal and entertaining elements of the self. I aspire to create works which at first draw in the viewer via their form, and then deepen the experience by sharing what it is made from.