Craft Council of British Columbia

Wings, and their ability to lift their owners into the sky, are a source of tremendous human fantasy and jealousy; flying is freedom, flying is joy, flying is magical, flying is escape — and flying is always just outside of the human body’s experience. In every part of our history we revere creatures who can fly, and we imbue our religious practices with winged angels, birds, and icons. The wings are made with a variety of glassmaking techniques, including blowing, hot sculpting, sandcarving, and fusing.

This installation features four pieces that are part of The Dream Of Flight, a collection of glass wings created in 2021 and shown at PoMoArts in the fall of the same year.