Azen Glass: The Glass Art of Helen Starkweather
From childhood, my earliest memories are of
the sunlight that streamed in from the windows
in my room...
 I remember
my feeling of wonder and amazement from
watching the colors change and shift as the
light passed through some objects, and
reflected off of others. Sunbeams that broke up
into soft rainbows, while others created
shadows and shades that changed the hues of the
objects in their path.
To me, light is a vibrant, almost living, thing
in itself. Over 25 years of professional
artistic work, I have tried to explore every
media that would allow me to be able to capture
this simplest, yet most complex, living essence
the way I perceive it. From brightly hued
acrylic painting, to computer graphic arts, to
manually melting and forming hot glass, I have
attempted to encapsulate and project my innate
sense of the vibrancy in 'living' light, the
spirit of all natural things.
I also want my art to uplift. My explorations
are not of the depth of the human psyche, but
the very simplest state of our being, before
any angst appeared. When we peel back the
layers of subconscious memory, the earliest
possible imprint any human can have is the
safety and comfort of the womb, where warm
light was the first connection, the first
contact, with the brand new outside world.
 Using
simple forms that a child might appreciate,
natural, organic, real but a bit surreal and
always colorful, my goal is to make people
smile when they see any of my artwork. I
believe art is a way to perceive things, and
the simplest emotions, joy and delight, are the
best emotions of all.
Borosilicate Glass allows a fuller expression
of my direction than any other media I have yet
found. I want everyone who looks at my
creations to feel as I did when I looked up and
fell in love with the rainbows shifting on the
walls of my room. I hope my art can make you
smile too.
I personally make each piece of my glass works
by hand out of my small studio in Orlando,
Florida.
Thanks for stopping by!
Helen Starkweather
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News!
Sept-Placed in Bead and Button Bead Dreams
2013: My Entry
2012-My Year in Review
2012- I have been very behind on keeping up
with news here, so here's an update! The last
few months, instead of focusing on glass, I've
been exploring a new passion... rocks. I've
always been a creative person, and inspired by
nature. Over the last few months, I took a much
closer look at what NATURE has created! I
started a small rock blog, which will take time
to add to, but you might enjoy it too, CLICK HERE for MY ROCK BLOG
2012 May - Orlando Mini Maker
Faire
I took part in the first Orlando Mini Maker
Faire, and wow! What a fantastic success! It is
far beyond an art show, encompassing such a
range of fantastic exhibits, I can't even
describe them all! They say that the annual
Maker Faire in NYC is a gigantic event that is
participated in Worldwide, and Orlando got a
GREAT start on catching up with our first Mini
Maker Faire here. My son, Liam,made an exhibit
of a 'strand beast' that landed him in the
local paper too! What an exciting event, and I
totally look forward to next year!
2012 - If you are local in Orlando, please
check out the Orlando Museum of Art!
It is a really wonderful museum, with
frequently changing exhibits, and a great place
to commune with your own inner muse. You can
also see in person a selection of my pendant
work at the Gift Shop inside.
2011 - Oct - Just put up my page for Handblown
Glass Ornament Pendants! For Sale!! Click Here.
Got a new GTT Scorpion torch, still working on
perfecting vessels.
Jan 2010 - My torch is currently at GTT for
cleaning, so I haven't been working much glass
lately:).
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