Today I’m speaking with Lauren Puckett. She’s an artist with an adventurous spirit and a love of flying airplanes. She just recently returned to the states from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland where she was working on her MFA in glass and now, she’s currently in a residency at the McColl Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. The sky’s the limit for this artist and pilot, but where she’s currently gaining altitude is by intertwining feminine studies with glass in an unexpected and seamless way. Her pieces examine subculture, stereotypes and representation with contemporary power structures. Her work is powerful and thought provoking, and creates the start of conversations that need to be had.
Everything she’s doing will make a lasting impression, her efforts to modernize our traditional practice with her C&C plasma framing system included. It’s the spark to a flame that may make the future of stained glass more safe and therefore more accessible. A lover of open knowledge, she shares today with us her process and her journey of growing and evolving along side her work.
Join me as I crack it all wide open!
To see more of Lauren's work, her instagram is @glassaeroplane and her website is laurenpuckett.com.
Favorite artists:
Bisa Butler
bisabutler.com
Harry Clarke
harryclarke.net
Frida kahlo
www.fridakahlo.org
Neri Oxman
linktr.ee/oxmanofficial
Kara Walker - Tate London fountain
walkerart.org
Olafur Eliasson
olafureliasson.net
Sally Mann photographer
sallymann.com
Lauren's husband - William Puckett
clclt.com
University of Edinburgh
ed.ac.uk
University of North Carolina
unc.edu
Virgina Polytechnic Institute
virginia.gov
Where her piece
Saint Disco Ruby Sioux is:
National Museum of Scotland
Nominations:
Pinky McClure
@pinkie.maclure
linktr.ee/PinkieMaclure
Booty Glass Girls
@bootyglassgirls
Books:
We Should All Be Feminists
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
https://amzn.to/3rSHjmf
All About Love
by Bell Hooks
Canfield Technologies
Canfield sets the standard for the Stained Glass industry.
Oceanside Glass & Tile
Oceanside Glass & Tile is a leading manufacturer of specialty sheet glass for art and architecture.
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