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May Issue 2007
Charleston Crafts in Charleston, SC, Features Works by Tricia Boyd-Crum
Beaufort County artist, Tricia Boyd-Crum will showcase her work in fused glass, reduction block prints and etchings at Charleston Crafts in Charleston, SC, on view through May 31, 2007.
Boyd-Crum produces functional pieces in fused glass, as well as incorporating fused glass elements in her decorative window pieces. Her prints are finely detailed and sometimes hand-colored depictions of architecture and natural objects.
Boyd-Crum, originally from Pennsylvania, has studied printmaking at Kutztown State University and Allegheny College. More recently, she has studied stained glass techniques with Bruce Henning and spent many years working with Michael J. Hiester of Blue Heron Glass in Charleston, to learn the intricacies of warm glass. She is now the mentor for studio time and teaches the intermediate copper foil class there.
"I want to bring a smile, a second look
when someone sees my work," she says. "I always
work with a model or photograph to keep the details as accurate
as I can." Boyd-Crum's favorite subjects show up in
both her decorative glass and prints. Small bits of nature,
especially those that fascinate children, are common in her work. She
is also fascinated by architecture and her etchings are often
inspired by buildings, or fragments of buildings. "I
like ruins," she says. "I want to know what they
were used for and why they are still there." Boyd-Crum
finds many interesting subjects of this kind in both Beaufort
and Charleston Counties. Her functional pieces sometimes
use the same decorative motifs as her other work, but more often
are inspired by the use of pure color in geometric presentations.
In addition to the work she exhibits at Charleston Crafts, Boyd-Crum
paints in watercolor, and designs jewelry that incorporates torch-worked
and kiln-worked glass elements. A former professional picture
framer, she mattes and frames her own work to museum standards.
A mother of two grown sons, she resides in beautiful rural northern Beaufort County, enjoying the tides and her cats.
Her work can be viewed at Charleston Crafts, Blue Heron Glass, or at the Piccolo Spoleto Crafts Fairs in Wragg Square in Charleston, Memorial Day weekend and the first weekend in June.
Charleston Crafts Gallery is a co-op gallery exhibiting the members work in a variety of media.
For further info check our SC Commercial
Gallery listings, call the gallery at 843/723-2938 or visit (www.charlestoncrafts.org.)
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