{"id":423,"date":"2012-10-15T14:19:42","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T14:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glassartguild.com\/wordpress\/?p=423"},"modified":"2014-02-13T02:07:30","modified_gmt":"2014-02-13T02:07:30","slug":"member-spotlight-matt-jackson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glassartguild.org\/?p=423","title":{"rendered":"Member Spotlight – Matt Jackson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Matt Jackson<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

What I enjoy about working with hot glass is how flexible it is and how\u00a0 quickly it stops being so manageable. I like the challenge of the time window I have to create the piece.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I like nature, and when you make a fish or a flower out of glass, it seems that the juxtaposition seems a little out of place, not like a painting or woodwork. I like natural things done out of metal and glass. I like to have a general idea or direction when I work with glass, but the glass does take its own organic form. I really like flowers and fish. I\u2019ll take an idea of a flower, rather than a specific flower, and then see how it morphs into its own kind of flower. I don\u2019t try to make fish look like any kind of fish and the shape changes as I work with it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I like to create pieces of blown glass, neon, and fused, and really enjoy combining all three techniques.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

My favorite thing about my work is both other people\u2019s reaction to it and my own reaction to the work. A lot of my motivation is curiosity to see what will happen. Opening the kiln is like Christmas morning. <\/span><\/span>No peeking!<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I started blowing glass at my dad\u2019s sign company, Jackson Signs and Designs, when I was 19. I was taught by 80 year-old Gordy Smith and a crazy guy named Jim from Chicago.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I blew glass for commercial neon architectural lighting and borosilicate sculptures for the next 20 years. In 2006, I began to apprentice and blow off-hand glass with Mike Stevens. In 2010, I realized we were throwing away a lot of broken pieces of \u201cgarbage glass\u201d and started recycling it, melting it in a kiln into fish and other designs. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

When I\u2019m not playing with glass, I spend time with Ashley, Lily, and Belle, chasing elk, playing claw hammer banjo, and trying to understand the Snake River.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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