Susan Bloch is a commission and exhibiting artist. She developed her mastery of carving glass
by working with architects and clients. Commissions ranged from large residential windows,
office doors, theaters, and stone walls. Her father’s critical illness changed her direction.
Gazing at his kind face brought heightened awareness to the human condition.
The resulting carved faces express human bonds in the natural world. She states,
“I work with glass because it reflects our humanity. Viewers see themselves in the surface.
They sense the vulnerability of glass. A translucent face simulates the inner/outer world
Bloch exhibits in the United States and Europe. Group shows include :
Glass and Clay Invitational, Healdsburg, Ca;
Red House Glass Cone, UK
Morley Gallery, UK;
Sebastopol Center for the Arts
The Richmond Art Center.
She participated in a 3 person invitational glass show at Houghton Gallery, Corning, NY with a 4’2 layer plasma-cut aluminum and glass
mandala; and a 2 person show at Biscuit Factory Gallery, New Castle upon Tyne, England. She designs and participates in glass fashion shows during Glass Art Society conferences.
She studied painting at Boston University, School of Fine Arts
and hot glass and sculpture at Alfred University receiving a BFA.
She lives in Eureka, Ca.
Selected Commissions 2000 - 2018
Selected Commissions 1990 - 2000
Selected Commissions pre 1990
by working with architects and clients. Commissions ranged from large residential windows,
office doors, theaters, and stone walls. Her father’s critical illness changed her direction.
Gazing at his kind face brought heightened awareness to the human condition.
The resulting carved faces express human bonds in the natural world. She states,
“I work with glass because it reflects our humanity. Viewers see themselves in the surface.
They sense the vulnerability of glass. A translucent face simulates the inner/outer world
Bloch exhibits in the United States and Europe. Group shows include :
Glass and Clay Invitational, Healdsburg, Ca;
Red House Glass Cone, UK
Morley Gallery, UK;
Sebastopol Center for the Arts
The Richmond Art Center.
She participated in a 3 person invitational glass show at Houghton Gallery, Corning, NY with a 4’2 layer plasma-cut aluminum and glass
mandala; and a 2 person show at Biscuit Factory Gallery, New Castle upon Tyne, England. She designs and participates in glass fashion shows during Glass Art Society conferences.
She studied painting at Boston University, School of Fine Arts
and hot glass and sculpture at Alfred University receiving a BFA.
She lives in Eureka, Ca.
Selected Commissions 2000 - 2018
- Creamery District, glass mobile
- Coleman, glass commission, Ca
- DeLao, etched window, Ca
- Wenger, carved window, Ca
- Traum, etched doors, Ca
- Yue, glass flowers, Ma
- Nesbeitt, glass sculpture, Ma
Selected Commissions 1990 - 2000
- Glass Vine wall art, Germany
- Gloria Gaynor , etched tryptich
- Clemens Center for the Performing Arts
- Ducks Unlimited, NY
- Mike "Magic Shoes" Johnson
- Dedication of Sentiments, blue stone wall, Seneca Falls National Park
Selected Commissions pre 1990
- Frank Sinatra, NY
- Richard Brown, NY
- Charlotte Ford, NY
- Fiorenza Cossotto, opera, Italy
- Bonaldo Giotti, opera, Italy
- Sir Rudolph Bing, general manager, Metropolitan Opera