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I come from a strong line of accomplished painters, woodworkers, and crafters and from an upbringing visually peppered with ancient Middle Eastern and East Asian references. As an employee, I have spent much time "playing-out" the decorative art gene in the guise of a traditional French/Italian pastry chef in Philadelphia and later as a cake sculptor and illustrator (using whipped cream modeled with a
palette knife). My vessel castings tie together these aspects of my background with my training as a sculptor and user of glass. I view the frit or traditional pate de verre casting process I use to create the forms as a type of permanent baking. The technique's resultant translucent sugary fused glass allows light to hold imagery, as if floating in space, and provides me with a medium through which I am able to diffuse emotional, dream, and pragmatic experiences into one
layered montage.
Anna Boothe
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