Alchemic Object: Rejection/Muse
Flameworked borosilicate glass, horse tail, sterling silver, table
knife from Bowerswell House, Perth, hair cutting scissors, swatch of
Gordon military tartan as depicted in "The Order of Release" by John
Everett Millais, burnt spine of 1898 copy of the Stones of Venice by
John Ruskin, rose from Brig O' Turk, paint brush remnant, three drops of
the artist's blood.
2011
Photo: Simon Bruntnell
Alchemic Object: Rejection/Muse was on display at the Perth Museum and Art Gallery from March 28th-December 23rd, 2011 as part of Trove: The 32nd Annual exhibition of the Scottish Glass Society. I was co-curator of this exhibition where all works have been inspired by the reserve collection of the Perth Museum and Art Gallery. This work has been selected for inclusion in New Glass Review 33.
Carrie Fertig Curriculum Vitae
Edinburgh
Scotland
Phone:079-666-898-33
Dual Citizenship: USA/UK
Solo Exhibitions
2011 Chichester Cathedral
Group Exhibitions
2011 Studioglas aus Großbritannien Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, European Museum for Modern Glass Europäisches Museum für Modernes Glas, Coburg, Germany
2011 Trove: 32nd Annual Exhibition of the Scottish Glass Society, Perth Museum and Art Gallery, Perth, Scotland
2011-2012 Breath Taking: Revealing a New Wave in British Glass Blowing, touring Crafts Council (England) exhibition
2010 Essence, London Glassblowing, London, England
2010 British Glass Biennale, Ruskin Glass Centre, Stourbridge, England
2010 Vitreous North, Timespan, Helmsdale, Scotland
2010 Recollect, Koukan Gallery, London
2009-2010 Migrate: 30th Anniversary of the Scottish Glass Society: Broadfield House Museum, Kingswinford, England; Iona Gallery, Kingussie, Scotland; St. Fergus Gallery, Wick, Scotland, Inverness Museum & Art Gallery
2009 Recollect, Koukan Gallery, Lotus Foundation, London, England
2009 SOFA, NY, Zest Gallery (London), Park Avenue Armory, NYC
2008 Highland Glass Connections, Curator: Dan Klein, Browns Gallery, Tain, Scotland
2008 British Glass Biennale, Ruskin Glass Centre, Stourbridge, England
2008 29th Scottish Glass Society, Peter Potter Gallery, Haddington, Edinburgh
2007 Pilchuck Auction, Seattle, Washington, USA
2007 Glass Sellers Prize Exhibition 2007, London Glassblowing, London, England
2007 Caithness Arts Society Exhibition: Contrasts, St. Fergus Gallery, Wick, Scotland
2007 28th Scottish Glass Society Annual Exhibition, Lillie Art Gallery, Milngavie, Scotland
2007 Pilchuck Gallery, Faculty Exhibition, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA. USA
2007 Three Irons and a Glass Rod: Group Exhibition, North Lands Creative Glass, Lybster, Scotland
2006 British Glass Biennale, Ruskin Glass Centre, Stourbridge, England
Collections
Broadfield House Glass Museum, Kingswinford, England
North Lands Creative Glass, Lybster, Scotland
Perth Museum and Art Gallery, Scotland
The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Roslin, Scotland
Commissions
2010 Perthshire Sheep, Perth Museum and Art Gallery, Perth, Scotland
2009 Opera Les Azuriales Young Singers’ Competition Prize
Teaching Experience
2012 Flameworking Techniques Class, North Lands Creative Glass, Lybster, Caithness, Scotland
2011 Visiting Artist, Edinburgh College of Art
2011 Private Tutor to Jessica Ramm, RSA New Residencies for Scotland recipient, North Lands Creative Glass
2011 Visiting Artist, West Dean College
2010 Masterclass, Borosilicate Flameworking, Plowden & Thompson, Stourbridge, England
2009 Artist in Residence in Flameworking, University of Sunderland, Glass and Ceramics, England
2009 Visiting Lecturer in Flameworking, University of Sunderland, England
2007 Teaching Assistant to Jill Reynolds, Conceptual Flameworking, Pilchuck Glass School, Washington
Talks
2012 Guest Speaker, International Symposium in Architectural Glass, 2012, National Glass Centre, University of Sunderland, England, organised by the Institute for International Research in Glass
2011 Guest Speaker, Callendar House, Falkirk, Scotland2011 Guest Speaker, West Dean College, Chichester, England
2011 Guest Speaker, Perth Museum and Art Gallery, Perth, Scotland
2010 Demonstrator, International Festival of Glass, Ruskin Glass Centre, Stourbridge, England
2010 Guest Speaker, Perth Museum and Art Gallery, Perth, Scotland
2009 Guest Speaker, Art Conceptions in Current Flameworking, National Glass Centre, Sunderland, England, organised by the Institute for International Research in Glass and the Crafts Council (England)
2009 Guest Speaker, University of Sunderland glass department, Sunderland, England
2007 Guest Speaker: Milngavie United Free Church, Milngavie, Scotland.
2007 Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington, USA
Awards/Competitions
2010 Arts Trust Scotland
2010 Glass Manufacturers Educational Trust
2009 Professional Development Grant, Scottish Arts Council
2008 Joint Winner People's Prize, British Glass Biennale, Ruskin Glass Centre, Stourbridge, England
2008 Makers Award, Hi-Arts, Scottish Arts Council and Highland and Islands Enterprise
2007 Overall Prize, Pearson's Prize, Cardiff, Wales
2007 Best in Flameworking, Pearson's Prize, Cardiff, Wales
2007 Short-listed for the Glass Seller's Prize, London Glassblowing, London, England
2007 Scottish Glass Society Travel Bursary
2006 Short-listed for the Glass Seller's Prize, London Glassblowing, London, England
Residencies
2013 Rochester Institute of Technology, School of the American Craftsman, Rochester, New York
2011 Chichester Cathedral / West Dean College
2009 Artist in Residence in Flameworking, University of Sunderland, England
2009 AA2A Artists Access to Art Colleges Scheme, Glass, Flameworking, University of Sunderland, England
2007 North Lands Creative Glass, Lybster, Scotland
Education
2003-2007 Edinburgh College of Art, Successfully completed studies for BA Glass, awaiting graduation
Professional Experience:
2011 Flameworking interactive performance, Chichester Cathedral, Chichester, England
2011 Flameworking interactive performance, West Dean College, Chichester, England
2011 Co-Curator, Trove: 32nd Anniversary Exhibition, Scottish Glass Society, Perth Museum and Art Gallery
2010 Founder and Chief Conductor, Torcher Chamber Arkestra, Collaborative flamework performance company, 1st performance, International Festival of Glass, Ruskin Glass Centre, Stourbridge, England
2010 Flameworking interactive performance, “Through a Glass Darkly”, Timespan, Helmsdale, Scotland
2009 Co-Curator, Migrate: 30th Anniversary Exhibition of the Scottish Glass Society, Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, Inverness, Scotland
2008 Conference Coordinator, “Sources of Inspiration”, North Lands Creative Glass, Lybster, Scotland;
2008 Masterclass Coordinator, North Lands Creative Glass, Lybster, Scotland
2007 to January 2008 Outreach Assistant to Denis Mann Golspie Drop-In Centre, Schizophrenia Scotland, helping with the design and production of community glass art, working with participants with varying sorts of mental illnesses. Golspie, Scotland, and North Lands Creative Glass, Lybster, Scotland.
2007 - 2008 Outreach in flameworking and casting North Lands Creative Glass, Lybster, Caithness., Scotland
2006 Hotshop and coldshop assistant to Adam Aaronson, Aaronson-Noon, London
2006 Hotshop collaborative demo with Ute Stender, Glass Symposium, Glass Centrum, Lauscha, Germany
2005 Intern Tecnolux Brooklyn, N.Y. (Kugler Distributor/ Flame Studio/ Neon Maker for Artists)
2001 Featured Entrepreneur SBTV
2001 Entrepreneur of the Month Victoria Magazine
1997 TWA Flight 800 Memorial bronzes St. John the Divine, N.Y.C.
1995-1997 Stonecarver, Portal of Paradise, St. John the Divine, N.Y.C.
• helped carve the main doorway of the largest Gothic cathedral in the world
Publications
2012 New Glass Review 33, Corning Museum of Glass
2010 British Glass Biennale
2008 British Glass Biennale
2006 British Glass Biennale
Affiliations
2011 Chair Scottish Glass Society
2009-2010, Exhibitions Officer Scottish Glass Society
Contemporary Glass Society
2008-2009, Board Member, Caithness Arts