Artist Statement - Jeri Satterwhite-Dearing
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. ~ Aristotle
"My life has always been a collaboration of creativity based on every dream inside my soul. If I dream it, I create it. What starts in my heart is what I want to fill my life!
Glassmaking is one of my greatest passions. From the moment I created my first piece of art, I knew I had to pursue the heat. I love the ever-changing elements of glass. The challenges created when heating glass to a molten stage and then coaxing and forming it into something even more beautiful than it was in the beginning. That is passion!
The journey continues every day, but in new ways with incredible surprises! I will always hold dear to my heart the experiences I had while exploring the flow of glass but I'm going back to a passion I had long before glass art -- genealogy (www.satterwhitegenealogy.com). I will leave this site up because I'm not quite ready to close the door yet. Thank you and never stop dreaming!"
Education: Glass
Oatka School of Glass, Batavia, NY
Karl Harron 2012 “Deep Slumped Forms: A Perfect Introduction” Advanced Master Class
Karl Harron 2011 “Reaction and Interaction” Master Class
Karl Harron 2011 “The Perfet Vessel” Master Class
Robert Leatherbarrow 2010 “Further Studies in Powder” Advanced Master Class
Miriam DiFiore 2010 “Landscapes and Depth in Fused Glass”
Leatherbarrow Glass Studio, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia
Robert Leatherbarrow 2010 “Studies in Powder” Master Class
Warm Glass Studio, Clemmons, NC
Jody Danner Walker 2010 “Creating Images with Powder and Frit”
Brad Walker 2010 “Glass Weaving”
Marty Kremer 2010 “Windows Into the Vessel” Master Class
Johnathon Schmuck 2009 “Cold Working and Finishing Glass”
Brad Walker 2007 “Advanced Kiln Formed Glass”
Vitrum Studio, Beltsville, MD
Richard La Londe 2007 “Frit Fusing” Master Class
Kevin O’Toole 2007 “Cold Working and Finishing Glass”
Judith Conway 2006 “Slumping Kiln Formed Glass”
Art Glass House, Florida
, Newy Fagan 2006 “Introduction to Kiln Formed Glass”
"My life has always been a collaboration of creativity based on every dream inside my soul. If I dream it, I create it. What starts in my heart is what I want to fill my life!
Glassmaking is one of my greatest passions. From the moment I created my first piece of art, I knew I had to pursue the heat. I love the ever-changing elements of glass. The challenges created when heating glass to a molten stage and then coaxing and forming it into something even more beautiful than it was in the beginning. That is passion!
The journey continues every day, but in new ways with incredible surprises! I will always hold dear to my heart the experiences I had while exploring the flow of glass but I'm going back to a passion I had long before glass art -- genealogy (www.satterwhitegenealogy.com). I will leave this site up because I'm not quite ready to close the door yet. Thank you and never stop dreaming!"
Education: Glass
Oatka School of Glass, Batavia, NY
Karl Harron 2012 “Deep Slumped Forms: A Perfect Introduction” Advanced Master Class
Karl Harron 2011 “Reaction and Interaction” Master Class
Karl Harron 2011 “The Perfet Vessel” Master Class
Robert Leatherbarrow 2010 “Further Studies in Powder” Advanced Master Class
Miriam DiFiore 2010 “Landscapes and Depth in Fused Glass”
Leatherbarrow Glass Studio, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia
Robert Leatherbarrow 2010 “Studies in Powder” Master Class
Warm Glass Studio, Clemmons, NC
Jody Danner Walker 2010 “Creating Images with Powder and Frit”
Brad Walker 2010 “Glass Weaving”
Marty Kremer 2010 “Windows Into the Vessel” Master Class
Johnathon Schmuck 2009 “Cold Working and Finishing Glass”
Brad Walker 2007 “Advanced Kiln Formed Glass”
Vitrum Studio, Beltsville, MD
Richard La Londe 2007 “Frit Fusing” Master Class
Kevin O’Toole 2007 “Cold Working and Finishing Glass”
Judith Conway 2006 “Slumping Kiln Formed Glass”
Art Glass House, Florida
, Newy Fagan 2006 “Introduction to Kiln Formed Glass”
