Susan Bloch is a commission and exhibiting artist. She works with glass-carving, kiln-formed glass and metal. She developed her mastery of carved glass working with architects, designers and individuals for more than twenty years. Commissions ranged from large residential windows, doors, theaters, to stone walls.
Her kiln work flourished when she devoted years to developing kiln processes to make kiln-formed glass flowers. Permanent molds were made for each petal. One-time molds were made to connect petals to each other. Her love of layering glass in the kiln grew stronger since then. Although the work changed, her process remained fluid. It adapted as her work evolved.
Bloch exhibits in the United States and Europe.
Dec 2019 Victor Jacoby Award & Grant Winner
to explore new ideas, techniques or media
Humboldt Area Foundation
Group shows include :
Westhaven Center for the Arts, Trinidad, Ca two person show Sept. 2019
Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery , Lafayette, Ca. group glass show opening Feb 7 2019
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 enjoys creating and modeling glass fashions during Glass Art Society conferences throughout the country.
Education: BFA Alfred University, hot glass & sculpture
Boston University, School of Fine Arts: painting
New York Studio School
She lives in Eureka, Ca.
Selected Commissions 2000 - 2020
Selected Commissions 1990 - 2000
Selected Commissions pre 1990
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Her kiln work flourished when she devoted years to developing kiln processes to make kiln-formed glass flowers. Permanent molds were made for each petal. One-time molds were made to connect petals to each other. Her love of layering glass in the kiln grew stronger since then. Although the work changed, her process remained fluid. It adapted as her work evolved.
Bloch exhibits in the United States and Europe.
Dec 2019 Victor Jacoby Award & Grant Winner
to explore new ideas, techniques or media
Humboldt Area Foundation
Group shows include :
Westhaven Center for the Arts, Trinidad, Ca two person show Sept. 2019
Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery , Lafayette, Ca. group glass show opening Feb 7 2019
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 enjoys creating and modeling glass fashions during Glass Art Society conferences throughout the country.
Education: BFA Alfred University, hot glass & sculpture
Boston University, School of Fine Arts: painting
New York Studio School
She lives in Eureka, Ca.
Selected Commissions 2000 - 2020
- carved glass bar feature, Eureka, Ca.
- Creamery District Glass mobile, Arcata, Ca.
- 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, stained & etched glass window
- 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
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