For The Love of Portraits with Lauren Puckett of Glass Aeroplane

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04/05/22 • 98 min

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Today I’m speaking with Lauren Puckett. She’s an artist with an adventurous spirit and a love of flying airplanes. She just recently returned to the states from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland where she was working on her PhD in glass and now, she’s currently in a residency at the McColl Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. The sky’s the limit for this artist and pilot, but where she’s currently gaining altitude is by intertwining feminine studies with glass in an unexpected and seamless way. Her pieces examine subculture, stereotypes and representation with contemporary power structures. Her work is powerful and thought provoking, and creates the start of conversations that need to be had.
Everything she’s doing will make a lasting impression, her efforts to modernize our traditional practice with her C&C plasma framing system included. It’s the spark to a flame that may make the future of stained glass more safe and therefore more accessible. A lover of open knowledge, she shares today with us her process and her journey of growing and evolving along side her work.
Join me as I crack it all wide open!
To see more of Lauren's work, her instagram is @glassaeroplane and her website is laurenpuckett.com.
Favorite artists:
Bisa Butler
bisabutler.com
Harry Clarkeharryclarke.netFrida kahlowww.fridakahlo.orgNeri Oxmanlinktr.ee/oxmanofficial Kara Walker - Tate London fountain
walkerart.org
Olafur Eliasson
olafureliasson.net
Sally Mann photographer
sallymann.com
Where her piece
Saint Disco Ruby Sioux is:
National Museum of Scotland
Nominations:Pinky McClure@pinkie.maclure linktr.ee/PinkieMaclureBooty Glass Girls
@bootyglassgirlsBooks:
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
https://amzn.to/3rSHjmf
All About Love
by Bell Hooks
https://amzn.to/3HRZLAT
Making
by Tim Ingold
https://amzn.to/3rPYkgx
Man Made Constellations
by Misha Lazzara
https://amzn.to/3uP5pjz
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Truckin' Home with Colleen Newcomb of Wild Light Glassworks

Today I’m joined by Colleen Newcomb, the one woman show behind Wildlight Glassworks.
She was born, raised and joins us from the bluegrass region of Kentucky. Colleen’s worked in many different mediums, but in 2016 she found herself moving away from the world of sign making and street art and into the world of glass. She’s a self taught artist and most of her the inspiration for her work comes from her love of the natural world and music - especially the Grateful Dead (so you know I had to put her on the spot with a Dead Head quiz!) We also chat about foil size preferences, her favorite glass hack (and my favorite so far ever shared on Cracked) and a fun way to collaborate with other glass artists.
Join me as I crack it all wide open!
To see more of Colleen's work, her instagram is @wildlight.glassworks
and her website is wildlightglassworks.com.

Honorable mentions from this episode:
Colleen's local stores:
heirloomsgretchens.com
Franklin Art Glass in Columbus
franklinartglass.com

fiance Mike Martinez's work:
@paint_town_signs

Colleen's favorite artists:
@andreadurfee
andreadurfee.com
@amber.cowan
ambercowan.com

@ianchadwickglass
ianchadwickglassart.co.uk

Artists nominated:
@znstainedglass

Colleen's products:
Kwik Clean
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Blue sharpies
https://amzn.to/3AweSwU
Canfield solder and flux line:
www.canfieldmetals.com
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From Bali with Love, Lena Zaycman

Today I’m joined by stained glass designer & maker Lena Zaycman who is based in St. Petersburg, Russia. After working on large scale stained glass installations alongside her sister, she continued her practice refining her own style, where she’s focused on the idea of hassle-free installation by making absolutely independent objects that can easily be displayed anywhere. She’s created a fantastical line of little creatures called Shelly Creatures and Zoobastics which are not only whimsical and fun but also carry great personal healing work and meaning. Her Buddy line and Bali line is equally sentimental. Today we’re going to dive into her different collections and explore what their meaning is to Lena, we’ll also discuss healthy balances with social media and what some of the different products and tools are that she’s using in Russia.
Join me as I crack it all wide open!

To see more of Elena’s work, her instagram is @helloelena and her website is elenazaycman.com.
Honorable mentions from this episode:

Lena's set team:
Photographer @kate.snova
Set Designer @katryzhu

Design program
Coreldraw

Black and white speckled glass from Armstrong
black granite

COPPER FOIL
Edco or MasterFoil
3.8mm, 4.0mm, 4.37mm, 4.76mm

PATINA/FINISH
ProVetro
TOOLS
Glass Cutter"Toyo" TC-10В

+ HandleSilberschnitt Glass Cutter
Traverse Handle 2045.0 Bohle

Glass Nibbling Pliers - Zag-Zag by Bohle

PenSakura Pen-Touch 0.7mm

Grinder: Kristall 2000S
app for curbing time on IG:
apps.apple.com/us/app/screenzen
Lena's nomination:
@glas_en_glas

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