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Title: Native American Glass Artist - Preston Singletary
Post by: paradisetrader on October 21, 2005, 05:01:43 PM

Preston Singletary
Another Native American glass artist, this time from the Pacific Northwest USA
http://www.travergallery.com/artists/prs_main.html

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Preston Singletary, a Tlingit Native American glass artist, at the intersection of the area's two most important artistic movements, native Northwest Coast heritage and the studio glass movement. He's worked at with Lino Tagliapietra, Dan Dailey, Benjamin Moore, Dante Maronui, Dale Chihuly, etc.
Bob Sindelar
Sindelar & O'Brien Antiques & Design
http://www.sindelarandobrien.com

The previous one we looked at was
Sol Maya of Solart Glass, West Vancouver, Cnada
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,2503.0.html

Title: Native American Glass Artist - Preston Singletary
Post by: Max on October 21, 2005, 07:01:01 PM

Lovely glass!  I really like the fact that his work is related to original native woodcarvings, it makes his work more 'real' somehow.

http://www.travergallery.com/artists/prs_19746.html

and quite a pedigree too:

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Preston Singletary has been blowing glass for twenty years. During this time he has worked with some of the most talented artists of the Studio Glass Movement -- Lino Tagliapietra, Benjamin Moore, Dante Marioni and Dale Chihuly to name a few.