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Jon Kuhn (b. ) is an American born sculptor and designer whose primary medium is glass. In the early years of his studio career, his work shifted entirely away from blown and fired glass. Soon after, he began working exclusively in cold sculpture, creating sculptures made primarily of glass and stainless steal. Today, Jon Kuhn is recognized globally as one of the premier studio glass artists creating cold glass sculptures.

Childhood

Born in Chicago, Illinois in 1949, to XXX Kuhn, a Professor, and XXX, a designer and artist...

Early Career

Banker...

Study

VCU...

First Exhibition

Corning 1979

Break from Blown & Fired Glass

Move to Winston & new studio... Why?

Development of Style

A Deeper Sort of Inspiration

I Ching... the hidden language of spiritualism...

Ephiphany: Medium as a Symbol

Getting at that hidden information within...

Family

From chaos to order...

A Vision of a Better World

A vision had in Meditation...

Maturity

A pristine and refined structure...

Sculptural Forms

The Gun; the ribbon; the circle

Designer, Architect, Sculptor, Artist

Influences & Process

In terms of industrial art...

Art, Architecture, Sculpture, Music and Math

Pointillism

Abstract Expressionism

Futurism

Bauhaus

"One of the main objectives of the Bauhaus was to unify art, craft, and technology. The machine was considered a positive element, and therefore industrial and product design were important components." From bauhaus page