Blossoms of Hope Exhibition - Karen Wallace Glass

Blossoms of Hope is an annual exhibition is to help raise awareness for the Claudia Mayer/Tina Broccolino Cancer Resource Center at Howard County General Hospital. This exhibition is one of a series of events presented by Blossoms of Hope of Howard County each spring. The work is on display from April 7 to April 28, 2023, with a reception on April 12. This year’s exhibition featured my Windows to the Soul bowl and Sunset on the Water. Windows the Soul won second place!

Windows to the Soul Bowl

Transparent, pastel windows, reminiscent of eyes, provide a window for light to shine through. Creamy vanilla geometrics flow through and divide quadrants of luminous purple and feisty coral. Read more about this piece.

Sunset on the Water

Sky blue oval glass bowl with black ripples, and an abstract grid of glowing sunset orange lines. Glass elements are hand cut and stacked, heated to 1500°F in a brick kiln and carefully cooled. In a second firing, the glass slab is suspended in the kiln and allowed to free fall until it reaches the desired shape, then the rim is removed and polished with successively finer grits of diamonds on a lapidary wheel. Read more about this piece.

Sky blue and orange abstract geometric grid glass bowl