Alan Goldfarb

Alan Goldfarb began working with clay at the age of thirteen and has been blowing glass since 1983. When he first saw the glassblowing ​“maestros” (as he later called them) at work, he imagined a headline that read: ​“Unknowing Neophyte Stands in a Puddle, Steps on Raw Current, Hat Blown Irrevocably to Kingdom Come, Lives to Tell the Tale.” For Goldfarb, glass undergoes a magical transformation while it is worked, and he uses his studio to rediscover glass history by studying and applying traditional glassmaking skills. His work falls into two categories: ​“Historical Derivations” based on classical designs, and ​“Historical Revisions” that combine significant themes from ancient glass with elements of pop culture.

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