Marvin Lipofsky - A Glass Odyssey

Marvin Lipofsky: A Glass Odyssey

Editor Suzanne Baizerman. Publisher: University of Washington Press.

NOTE: PHOTOS OF BLENKO FACTORY WORKERS
and Marvin at Blenko in this publication.

The book was described as a catalogue that provides an opportunity to examine the full range of lipofsky's work, including his less well known early sculpture, his early series- such as the California Loop Series and the Great American Food Series - conceptual works and works on paper.California artist Marvin Lipofsky has achieved international stature in the studio glass movement as an artist, an educator, and a global ambassador. his art has taken him on an odyssey across the world- from the Czech Republic to the People's Republic of China and many point in between ( Milton, WVa). In his travels he has worked with master glassblowers and factors workers (BLENKO GLASS), forming the basis for his sculpture. Back in his studio in Berkeley, California, keeping a steady focus on the sculptural potential of the material, he works with the glass, cutting, etching, polishing until it reaches to final form.Lipofsky began his forty-year career in glass at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in the first group of students taught by Harvey Littleton, the pioneering teacher of studio glass. From there Lipofsky established the second studio glass program in the country at the University of California, Berkeley. Later he founded the glass program at the California College of Arts and Crafts. In addition to college-level teaching. Lipofsky has lectured and lead workshop throughout the world.

The Book is a PHOTO BOOK of Lipofsky work. It contains a brief biography of Lipofsky .Delightful, Beautiful Photos and lots of information about the early Glass Movement. The hardbound copy would make a great coffee table book, or a wonderful gift for a glass enthusiast.Available on amazon.com and www.washington.edu/uwpress .

Lipofsky has a WV connection - during his first trip to Blenko (1968) to work with Joel Phillip Myers making sevral glass sculptures that were exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts in NYC he became friends with the Factory Workers ( Shorty Finley, Jarfly, Lewis Powers, Jessie Carpenter) and with Mr. WH BLenko (who was to become the CEO) Marvin maintained those friendships. hjh