According to Matthew Szosz, becoming a glass artist was actually an accident. Szosz was originally trained as a furniture designer, and so had no formal instruction in glass making. This has led him to teach himself in his own unique way how to make his glass sculptures.
Szosz's works are really about the work process itself. He likes experimenting with the glass medium since the material unfolds in unpredictable and unexpected ways. Through his exploration of glass, Szosz learns different techniques that inform him on the direction he's going with his work, why he's going in that direction, and what his next artistic direction will be.
Szosz's pieces are non-representative in nature and employs the use of many different colors. His works also have a translucent quality to them due to the medium he uses. Szosz's pieces take on a variety of convex and concave shapes as well.
Szosz believes that an era is closing and a new cycle is beginning when it comes to glass art. In this new cycle, glass art is more integral to the art and craft world and its techniques more complicated and sophisticated.
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ArtBabble. Indianapolis Museum of Art, n.d. Web. 30 Apr. 2014.
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