Karen Buhler

Swimmer Jean
14h x 12w x 3d. Signed. 2004.
$620

Flameworked glass, brass base.

Karen Buhler started her career studying architecture and landscape horticulture at Ohio State University and went on to take courses in ceramics and glass. She completed a six year apprenticeship under Robert Eickholt in 1984, during which she learned the fundamentals of off-hand blowing; she then became immersed in neon for twelve years. She studied at Pratt Fine Arts Center and The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass and assisted at Pilchuck. She is currently flameworking, making refined figural forms. The thin, even walls and smooth sandblasted surface are testaments to her technical proficiency and give her lightweight yet sturdy glass figures a floating quality. She prefers to express grace and humor in her works.