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RARE SIGNED MODERN STUDIO ART GLASS VASE WASHINGTON ARTIST JOHN DE WIT - $500 (Cave Creek)
East Stevens Road near N. Galloway Road off E Cave Creek Road near East Stevens Road near N. Galloway Road off E Cave Creek Road
condition:
excellent
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Dimensions: Measuring approximately nine and one half inches (9 1/2”) in height at its highest point, eight inches (8”) across the top at its widest point, by nine inches (9”) across the body of the vase at its widest point.
John De Wit created a substantial art glass tour-de-force of a combined internally-decorated exterior and an internally-decorated interior that are completely different from one another in both color and design. To this end, this vase is an iconic example of De Wit’s use of glass paints to create abstract patterns rendered in white, red, orange, and greyish-blue. In addition, there are numerous small clear and gold art glass stones attached to the exterior at random locations from top to bottom. And the vase’s underside bottom is clear glass filled with small areas of gold leaf.
Signature: The vase is signed on the underside bottom with an inscribed signature that reads: “John De Wit 2007”
Condition: Excellent and clean condition with minor wear on the underside bottom where the vase meets the counter. – Overall, absolutely beautiful!
Price: $500.00 (firm and cash only)
To view the available for purchase here, please send an email to John to arrange a time that is convenient for you. Thank you.
Please Note: This is a cash only, local pick-up transaction in the town of Cave Creek just north of Scottsdale. You will need your own transportation. This large studio art glass vase by John De Wit is safely stored in a private home and is easily accessible.
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JOHN DE WIT BIO (information courtesy of the catalog for the 2015 Glass Art Society Auction, which is viewable on-line)
“John de Wit attended California State University, simultaneously studying sociology and ceramics, graduating with a BA in sociology in 1976. He continued to study ceramics and glass before accepting professional employment at Orient & Flume Art Glass in 1978. He opened his own workshop on Whidbey Island, Washington in the mid-1980s, where he has primarily engaged himself using the “vessel as canvas.” He is credited with the development of using glass paints with the glassblowing process, and is recognized as a leading glass artist and teacher throughout the world. De Wit recently won the Gold Prize at the 5th Cheongju International Craft Competition in Korea. His work is in the collections of the Boeing Corp., Microsoft, the di Rosa Preserve, and The Corning Museum of Glass.”
JOHN DE WIT BIO (the following is a complete reprinting of the article titled “John De Wit: Glass Artist Receives International Award” by Sue Frause and published October 19, 2007 in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper)
John de Wit has yet another feather in his cap.
The renowned glass artist from Clinton recently returned from Korea where he was awarded one of four gold prizes, which included a $10,000 cash prize.
The prestigious award was from the 5th Cheongju International Craft Biennale.
With the theme Creative Evolution, deeply and slowly, 916 artists from 43 countries submitted 1,104 works. From those, 180 works were singled out for first and second round examinations by 30 jurors.
Judging criteria included formative excellence, function, use of material, rationality in techniques, details, market appeal and other factors. Categories included metal, ceramic, wood/lacquer, fiber and other materials.
The latter was John’s category: glass, metal, paper, fiber and combined materials. More than half of the submitted works were glass.
His winning piece, titled Beck (after musician Jeff Beck), was hand-blown glass, painted with glass paint, etched and cold worked with silver and gold foil and graphite.
“I was flattered with winning the gold prize,” said John. “The Cheongju Biennale is a very prestigious award. The work I make now matters most, it means very much that I am recognized for this personal achievement,” he explained. “It reflects my soul.”
Another piece, Kot, was selected for Honorable Mention and is also included in the catalogue.
The hard-working artist lives in Clinton with his artist wife Meredith MacLeod and currently has an exhibition at Foster White Gallery in Seattle. It includes vessels and scepters “inspired by the organic nature of Korean and Japanese ceramics and by the language of Venetian glass.” The show runs through Oct. 27, 2007.
The 55-year-old artist studied glass and ceramics at California State University in Chico in the late 1970s, attended the Pilchuck Glass School and was a glassblowing assistant to glass guru Dale Chihuly.
John has since gone on to teach at Pilchuck, the Pratt Fine Art Center, and several workshops and lectures in France. This year he has two teaching gigs, one in Montreal and the other in Arlington, Texas.
John will be a visiting artist at Tacoma’s Museum of Glass Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, 2007. He’s also serving on a jury for the International Film Festival on Clay & Glass, April 5-6, 2008 in Montpellier, France.
When not being an artist, John swims 3-4 times a week at Island Athletic Club.
He’s a competitive swimmer, specializing in long distance freestyle, and was ranked 10th in the nation in the mile freestyle.
Go, Johnny, Go.