John Leighton at work in the studio.
GLASS Quarterly Hot Sheet: What are you working on?
John Leighton: My new pieces are about my experience of objects, patterns, and designs that are found in abundance in traditional Asian architecture, textiles, furniture, containers, and the like. They reference my 25-year fascination with the way artisans in Japan and other Asian countries join materials together. They celebrate the spiritual connections that these craftsmen and women make with the mundane, and their ability to infuse useful, commonplace objects with functional beauty and abstract representations of nature. Continue reading
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