About Meryl Wolper
I developed my interest in glass blowing after many other careers. I began in photography, which I pursued through my twenties. I studied my craft at the Boston Museum School. My ensuing work was as a self-exploration that included portriature, architecture, and cultural anthropology.
Through the use of molds and dichroic glass, the resolution is as arbitrary and curious as my original intention. My vases and plates are similarly spontaneous and random. Every piece is original. While preservivng a theme, variable elelments shape the dichroic in mysterious twists and turns. This continues to delight and astonish me.
Glass work has been a joyous adventure. I began lamp working in 1994. My imaginal world is sourced more deeply, personally, and singularly. This is what I share in my creations. My paperweights are informed by my fascination with shapes that beg to be touched and held for the magical colorscapes within.
After relocating to New Mexico in 1994, I found teachers in Elodie Holmes, Liquid Light Glass; and Connie Christopher, Haute Glass. I discovered that my vision had transformed from a one-dimentional art form to a more expansive, engaged perspective. I connected to glass blowing and the observer became the creator.
As I continue to grow and expand in this medium, the constant is the magic that occurs every time I begin another piece. I never really know what it will become or how it will reveal itself. Athough the shapes are consistent, the fantasies of images that emerge are astounding.
