Ed Carpenter (artist)
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Ed Carpenter (born 1946) is an artist specializing in large-scale public sculptures made of glass. His work can be found in conference centers, libraries, and airports.
Early life and education
Carpenter studied architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design, where he studied with Dale Chihuly.{{cite journal |last=CHAMBERS |first=K. S. |title=The new wave in glass. |journal=World & I|volume=9 |number=5 |page=102|date=1994}} He attended the University of California, Berkeley from 1968-1971.{{cite journal |last=RADULSKI |first=J. P. |title=Artist Ed Carpenter manipulates daylight and electric light to spark his site-specific architectural works |journal=Architectural Record |volume=192|issue=5|pages=198–202|date=2004}}
Glass technique
Works
While working with Dale Chihuly they created lead glass doors that are in the collections of the Corning Museum of Glass and the Toledo Museum of Art.
In 2019 he installed the first phase of a dichroic glass sculpture in the Portland Public Library, called "Mollie's Garden". The piece honored his mother, a library volunteer named Mollie Starbuck, who died in her 80's.{{cite web |last1=Swindler |first1=Samantha |title=Portland artist Ed Carpenter has worked 16 years on a memorial to his mother at Forest Grove's library |website=The Oregonian Live |date=2 September 2014 |publisher=The Oregonian |access-date=30 March 2022 |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/forest-grove/2014/09/portland_glass_artist_ed_carpe.html}} His work "Aloft" is a 360 foot glass sculpture in the Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport lobby and was featured as an event by the Wichita Art Museum on November 18, 2021.{{cite web |title=Murdock Mixology: Ed Carpenter |url=https://wichitaartmuseum.org/event/murdock-mixology-ed-carpenter/ |website=The Murdock Society |access-date=30 March 2022}}
He created a lobby sculpture for the Meydenbauer Convention Center in Bellevue, Washington; a large (17 meters x 18 meters x 6.5 meters) work for the Morgan Library at Colorado State University (commissioned by the Colorado Council on the Arts); and glass windows for the Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis, Indiana.{{cite book |last=Knapp |first=Stephen|title=The Art of Glass: Integrating Architecture and Glass|place=Gloucester, Mass |publisher=Rockport Publishers |date=1998 |isbn=9781564963437 |pages=35–38}}
Other works include the Flying Bridge between buildings at Central Washington University, an installation at the Hokkaido Sports Center, and a large sphere for the atrium of Carlson school. He also created an outdoor sculpture for the Broadway pumphouse.{{cite book |last=Roots |first=Garrison |title=Designing the World's Best Public Art. |place=Mulgrave|publisher=Images Publishing Group|date=2002}}
Personal life
Writings
- {{cite book |last=Carpenter|first=Ed |title=Ed Carpenter: Breath of Light |place=Milano |publisher=L'arca |date=2000|isbn=9788878380851}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.edcarpenter.net Ed Carpenter's official web site]
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Category:Artists from Portland, Oregon
Category:American glass artists
Category:Rhode Island School of Design alumni