2025 Glass
Art Ciccotti | Ames
Ciccotti Art Glass
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I am originally from California, learned to blow glass in collage here in Iowa, and have been at my current studio location about 22 years. I produce a variety of items from bulbs, vases, marbles, wall hangings, paperweights, and flowers. I also do memorial work, unity wedding orders, and awards.
I use a lot of Venetian Style glass working techniques. The tools I use are basically the same kinds of hand tools since the 16th century in Murano. My work has been described as organic. I work the color together with the forms I create. |
Rhonda Scott | Ames
Rhonda Scott Studio
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Rhonda Scott is a teaching artist from Ames, Iowa who works in multiple mediums. She is passionate about the value of creativity and lifelong learning. She is especially fascinated by age-old processes with a modern twist, such as lampwork and paper marbling. These two art forms have many things in common, aside from their long history; both allow her to play with colors, pattern, visual texture, and negative space, as well as surface tension and chemical reactions.
Rhonda creates jewelry which features her own glass beads, handcrafted metal focal pieces, natural gemstones, enamels, and precious metals. She uses a small torch and MAP gas to create the glass beads and the components used in the beads (including custom twisted cane and frit). She anneals the beads in a kiln for durability. |