ABOUT THE ARTIST…

Marlene Rose is a world-renowned sculptor who, over the past four decades, has pioneered the cast-glass movement. Rose produces stunningly beautiful works of art.

Rose is featured in museums in the US and Europe, and her works are sought by glass connoisseurs and fine art collectors all over the world. Her presence in the highest-end Art Fairs has been a feature of the past three decades.

Each piece is hand cast from molten glass into an unique modern work of art that resonates with references and allusions to ancient cultures and civilizations.

Rose has mentored other artists and has helped establish a prominent museum in the US dedicated to showcasing emerging and established American and International studio glass artists.

Her work has been seen on national television, to an audience of seven million people, and her creations are featured in multiple galleries across the US and Canada.

ABOUT THE PROCESS…

While the process Rose uses is relatively new, having been developed in the mid-eighties, it is based on the ancient tradition of bronze casting. Rose pours liquid molten glass into carefully prepared sand molds, then cools it for six days or more in a specially controlled oven before cracking open the mold to see what is revealed.

There is a rawness and immediacy to working the sand of the mold, and the thrill and the danger of pouring this magical lava, thousands of degrees hot. There is the patient gestation of the work in the cooling oven.

Then at last there is the joy of meeting the product of sand, glass, fire and thought, as the piece is finally brought out into the light.

Marlene Rose quite simply breathes life and beauty into whatever she makes.