Jeff Holmwood Works

Bio

Exquisite blown glass vases, plates and bowls. Jeff Holmwood's signature series, the one for which he is known best, is his Vortex Vessel. In this technically challenging and visually dramatic series, he integrates an elegant form with a complex surface design that results in a unique vortex pattern on each piece.

Holmwood attended the University of Calgary where he studied English, then followed his true calling as an artist and studied glass at the Alberta College of Art and Design. He has taught glass at three of the world’s most respected glass schools: Pilchuck Glass School founded by Dale Chihuly, Washington; Penland Craft School, North Carolina; and the Red Deer College, Alberta.

Coming from a literary arts background, I believe the important thing in visual arts is to create an object with visual "punch". In my work, this punch can be an elegant form, a lush surface, or a humorous visual quirk. When I started working with glass, much of my inspiration came from historical and contemporary glass art, and I felt driven to master a very difficult medium. Now that I have a modicum of skill and a better understanding of the modem art glass movement, I feel driven to explore the many untapped design and sculptural possibilities of glass and it's use with other materials. If effect, pushing the limits of what can be done with hot glass is what keeps me excited to be working.”

As well as being represented in many private and corporate collections, Jeff Holmwood’s work is shown in numerous fine galleries, museums, juried exhibitions and other notable venues throughout the United States, Canada and internationally.