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About the Artwork
hand blown glass, sand carved with color overlay.
About the Artist
Duncan McClellan
Florida artist Duncan McClellan’s work depicts emotions relating to family, personal growth and the spiritual connections between each of us as souls.
His fascination with glass began at age five, when he visited a glass factory in West Virginia. He never forgot the image of the glowing, molten mass being formed by an expert craftsman.
After successfully working with leather and clay, McClellan finally had the opportunity to learn to blow glass at a studio in Ybor City, FL in 1987.
McClellan studied the creation of larger forms with Fred Kahl and John Brekka, two instructors and artists working at the New York Experimental Glass Workshop. He now works out of his own studio in Tampa, Florida.
The processes used in his one-of-akind and series works enable imagery inside, on the surface - and in some cases both - to juxtapose combined images to articulate the message or idea.
The focus is centered around the internal graal technique and overlay technighes, incorporating hand cutting, photo resist and computer graphics. To finish these works, acid etching, fire polishing and a six-stage grinding and polishing technique are used.
Did you know?
The tired traveler sitting on the floor of the Orlando airport was actually a bronze statue by Duane Hanson. It was so loved (and abused) that he has now been placed behind plexiglass. Still travelers often argue about whether he is "real".
Discover Art in Central Florida!
For those who have eyes to see, there are hundreds of works of art around them.
This web site provides some information on many of those works of art that can
be regularly viewed in Orange County by any member of the public without an
admission fee. They are outside in public view, or located in an interior area
that is normally open to the public.
Look around this web site and find something that interests you. Then go see it
in person. The information you find here will add to the pleasure of exploring
public art in Central Florida.
If, in your travels around Orange County, you come across some public art that
is not listed here, please let us know so we can add it. If you are aware of
additional information about art or artist that is included here, again, please
let us know. Together we can make this an incredible resource for people seeking
to spice up their life through exploring art.