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Karina-Guévin is a French Canadian glass artist, her playful flamework sculptures inspired by popular legend, stories and fairytales has been recognized with a Francois-Houdé Award and grants from the Canadian and Québec Consul for the Arts, La SODEC, and a Gilles Verville grant in visual art. Guévin is regularly invited to teach in many studios including the Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass, Penland School of Craft, Pilchuck Glass school, Nijlima (Japan), Pratt (Seattle) and the Pittsburgh Glass Center. Her work is part of many private and public collections and has been shown in North America, in Europe and in Asia. Her work is currently shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
While studying biochemistry, Cédric Ginart fell in love with scientific glassblowing, he decided to took a course in scientific glassblowing at the lycée Dorian (Paris, France), from which he graduated in 1995, he moved to Quebec a year later. Over the years, he has worked with scientists, artists, industrialists, designers, and architects on experimental projects, on creating unique artwork and prototypes as well as limited-run series and art installations. Frequently on exhibit, his artwork is part of private and museum collections, such as the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery (Waterloo, Ont), Nijima Glass museum (Japan) and his work is currently shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. He periodically showcases hand torch glass blowing techniques in festivals and events in Canada and the United States.Cédric currently Works at Montreal University (Qc) as a scientific glassblower, while pursuing a widely-recognized artistic career. He teaches regularly at the Corning Museum of Glass Studio (NY) he has been invited to teach at Pilchuck Glass School (WA), Niljima Glass Museum (Japan), Penland School of craft and Pittsburgh Glass Center (PA).
Our works draw their inspiration from the world’s literary heritage, illustrating timeless tales allows our works to cross cultural, demographic, geographical and temporal boundaries. Traditional Venetian glassblowing, which has always been associated with luxury and romanticism, presents interesting technical challenges, and lends itself perfectly to detailed work. It’s an aesthetic that we love and which, by its masterful and dramatic nature, is ideal for illustrating stories. These unique rococo compositions with exhilarating colors reflect a highly unlikely combination between two aesthetics. It’s quite simply the reflection of the unusual encounter between two glassmakers with very different backgrounds. A glass artist for whom the words passion, colors and movements define the essence of her vision and a scientific glassblower for whom the words technical, function and precision represent his universe. This work is like us, at a time when everything is going fast, we celebrate literature and craftsmanship. That’s what each of us has the best to offer, the love of a work well done and the pursuit of excellence.
