Jason Forck and the Collection

PITTSBURGH GLASS CENTER OFFERS ITS FIRST LINE OF SIGNATURE GLASSWARE

Pittsburgh Glass Center (PGC) offers its first line of signature glassware called Penn+Fairmount. The 2017 collection created by Pittsburgh based glass artist Jason Forck includes intricately crafted glassware with a sleek, modern design. Using traditional Venetian techniques, Forck and his team created two silhouettes that are represented in the collection. The glassware is available as a pitcher, cup and vase in six translucent hues. This collection is the first of many annual collections by Pittsburgh Glass Center. Each collection will feature a different glass artist.

Posted 28 September 2017

Share this:

|

Get to Know the Artist: Jason Forck and the Collection
Both the artist and designer of the 2017 Penn+Fairmount collection, Forck was raised on a small farm in Kansas. Leaving the farm behind, Forck moved to Pittsburgh in 2005 to pursue glass as an art form. At Pittsburgh Glass Center Forck produces functional and sculptural glass work. He has received national recognition for his work which has been exhibited across the U.S. Currently the education and creative projects coordinator at the Pittsburgh Glass Center, Forck continues to inspire and foster a new generation of glass enthusiasts.

INFLATE
Blowing air into a moving form is complicated. You have to get it just right. If there is too much air, it can be wonky; too little and it might cave in. A mastery of technique and a good understanding of gravity give us Inflate.
Cup: $30 Vase: $90 Pitcher: $110

CINCH
A molten material does not want to be rigid, straight and precise. It wants to move and be fluid. It takes coaxing and control to create glass that is geometrical with angles and a modern feel like Cinch.
Cup: $30 Vase: $90 Pitcher: $110

How to Purchase the Penn+Fairmount Line
The collection is available at Pittsburgh Glass Center, a nonprofit public access school, gallery and state-of-the-art glass studio, located at 5472 Penn Avenue in Pittsburgh's East End or online at www.pittsburghglasscenter.org/pennfairmount

The collection will also be featured at Pittsburgh Glass Center's annual Holiday Glass Sale Dec. 1 - 3, 2017.
About Pittsburgh Glass Center
Glass Art: We teach it. We create it. We promote it. We support those who make it. Pittsburgh Glass Center is a nonprofit, public access glass school, gallery and state-of-the-art studio. Visit us in Pittsburgh's East End at 5472 Penn Avenue, two blocks west of the Penn & Negley Avenue intersection or visit us online at www.pittsburghglasscenter.org.

HOURS: Tues, Wed & Thurs 10am – 7pm; Fri, Sat, Sun & Mon 10am – 4pm

PITTSBURGH GLASS CENTER
5472 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15206, United States
glassinfo@pittsburghglasscenter.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pittsburghglasscenter
Twitter: https://twitter.com/pghglasscenter
Instagram: https://instagram.com/pittsburghglass/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/PGHglass