Canadian studio glass is still underestimated. A few galleries defend it throughout Canada such as Elena Lee Gallery in Montreal. Unfortunately, the gallery which was located on Sherbrooke street for over forty years has shut its doors on December 10, 2017. Welmo would like to acknowledge the fierce way Elena Lee defended our work throughout…
IN VITRO-MATERIAL REFLECTION The series consists of cast glass replicas of closed plastic bags that are apparently full. The bags appear liquid, yet they are solid. We can peer in the translucent bag and clearly acknowledge that there is nothing inside yet the bulging outer shape of the bags suggests otherwise. With the black one, it is…
Teaching… one of the most rewarding things I have done. First, because it means that you have somehow mastered something worthy of passing on. Then, because it also means you understand your subject well enough to be able to explain it to the student from many different angles, which resonate with them. That feeling alone…
picture: Baha’i World news service Glass and architecture go hand in hand. The built environment is gearing more and more toward the light as every leaf on a tree would gear toward the sun. There are many iconic places for the glass and architecture lovers−Barcelona with the whimsical Gaudi to name just one. A new…
Returning from exile is risky business… We came back from Australia after 4 years of absence in 2014. We wanted to, upon return, change the niche, which our business was operating in. That change has taken place. The price to pay for this change has been to have to work extremely hard to get recognition in…