Glass Workshop News:

The Pendleton Art Gallery at Newport on the Levee invited Joseph Drury to discuss his art. 'Glass on Glass' enameling, kiln forming and glass working processes will be presented Saturday between 5:30PM and 9:00PM.

 
'Glass on Glass' Enameling and kiln forming classes also continue at Thompson Enamels on Saturday afternoons.
Please call 859-240-0046 about Saturday classes or information and directions to the Gallery presentation Saturday evening.    More Info also at:  joedrury.com

        Joseph F. Drury Photos By The Enquirer/Meggan Booker

ENQUIRER STAFF REPORT 

"Glass swooped, shaped and becomes artwork"

Glass sculpture is Joseph Drury's  specialty. He has a studio at PendletoArt Center.

 "You don't have to be a rocket scientist to enjoy Joseph Drury's work - but just for the record, rocket scientists do like it. Drury, an artist from Fort Thomas, recently had one of his pieces of glass artwork bought by a NASA astrophysicist to be displayed at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif.

The work, called "Dark Matter," will be on display at the center where scientists research dark matter. That is matter that does not emit or reflect enough electromagnetic radiation to be detected directly but whose presence might be inferred from its gravitational effects on visible matter.

As with many of his works, Drury used recycled glass to make the sculpture.
"I think we should all be working toward a 100 percent environmentally sustainable world in our art and in our lives," Drury said.

Drury creates many of his designs at his Fort Thomas home studio and completes his work in his kiln at the Pendleton Art Center in Cincinnati.

Joe Drury offers instruction workshops in kiln forming and glass on glass enameling at his Pendleton Art Center Studio 512.

He also offers workshops at The W.W. Carpenter Enamel Foundation Workshops 650 Colfax Avenue Bellevue, KY 41073 (859) 291-3800

512 studio workshop sessions included a wedding party group creating 28 "glass on glass" enamel centerpiece bowls for their Cincinnati Freedom Center Wedding.

His art is currently showing at the 5th Street Gallery at 55 W. Fifth St. in Cincinnati where he is a member artist.

For more information about Drury and his creations, visit www.5thstgallery.com        

Contact DruryDesignArt,  Joe Drury at 859-240 0046

Reprint From a story BY SARA PEARCE | SPEARCE@ENQUIRER.COM Friday, July 6, 2007

"Over-the-Rhine's Pendleton Art Center, where studios are open by appointment when it's not a Final Friday, isn't the only Pendleton in the area nor the only place to see work by its artists.
http://www.pendletonartcenter.com/

Pendleton Art Gallery opened Monday at Newport on the Levee, 1 Levee Way, Newport. The 8,000-square-foot space is on the Plaza Level on the Valet Circle between Café Istanbul and South View. It carries original work in a range of mediums as well as reproductions by artists with studios at the three Pendleton’s. 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, noon-6 p.m. Sunday. 859-261-5770, http://www.newportonthelevee.com/.

5th Street Gallery, 55 W. Fifth St., downtown, opened in 2005 in a storefront in the Hilton Netherland Plaza. It was started by a group of Pendleton artists, nine of whom have studios at Cincinnati's Pendleton. Work shown ranges from painting and glass to sculpture and jewelry. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Thursday and Saturday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday. 513-579-9333, http://www.5thstgallery.com/."

Other news:

Making Art from blanks and scrap! 'Glass on Glass' Enamel & Kiln forming Workshops
We are making Art from glass blanks and scrap Saturdays!
Space is available in Saturday workshops where you will learn Kiln Forming with 'Glass on Glass' Enamel at the new W.W.Carpenter Enamel Foundation. Workshops run 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Artist/Students can join any number of Saturday sessions.

Recycled glass into Art techniques are taught:
Joe Drurys' unique 'Glass on Glass' powder enameling on recycled glass techniques are taught. While these techniques can be applied to enameling on any surface, the primary focus will be on learning how to apply enamels to glass for Sculpture, Jewelry, Window Hangings, Bowl, and Plate forms using transparent Thompson enamels. Design, glass preparation, enamel application and finishing techniques are covered. The workshops are suitable for all student levels from beginning through advanced. Beginning students learn proper ways to apply and fire the enamel, while those who have already learned to enamel will hone and perfect their art and techniques while having questions answered about issues with their art glass pieces. Each student produces at least one art work per session.

Thompson Enamels, glass substrate shapes, and all other materials are supplied for the workshops. Students register by contacting Joe Drury directly at (859) 240-0046, email joedrury@msn.com or Thompson Enamel (859) 291-3800, email sales@thompsonenamel.com

Workshops are limited to 15 students. Per session. Cost is $65 per session or $175 for three sessions.

The new W.W. Carpenter Enamel Foundation Workshops are located at
650 Colfax Avenue, Bellevue, KY 41073 Contact Joe Drury at 859-240-0046 or
Thompson at: info@glass-on-metal.com

Museum Purchase:
Two large glass sculptures 'Seascape I, and Seascape II' by Pendleton Art Center Artist Joe Drury were recently purchased at the 5th street artists cooperative Gallery by The Woodrow W. Carpenter Enameling Foundation Museum for their permanent collection.

Creating Carbon Neutral Glass Art:
DruryDesignArt and Planktos Inc. Partner to Create Carbon Neutral Glass Art.

Joe Drury, DruryDesignArt.com and Planktos Inc. Announced on Earth Day at The Chicago Green Festival an agreement in principle to partner allowing an offset of carbon emissions generated in the production of DruryDesignArt Kiln Formed Recycled Glass Artwork.

A percentage of DruryDesignArt sales revenues will be used to purchase carbon credit offsets. The making DruryDesignArt Glasswork will now be carbon neutral. DruryDesignArt challenges CO2 producing Art enterprises and others to 'save the planet one artwork at a time'.

Planktos Inc. pioneers new technologies to promote controlled ocean plankton blooms enlisting plankton to bind and sequester CO2 as the plankton die and sink to the ocean floor. This natural process has declined by 30% in recent years. Planktos Inc. technologies vessels sail out and stimulate the re population of plankton by re seeding the oceans with naturally occurring iron dust that is no longer reaching the seas on the wind and by other natural means.

DruryDesignArt uses recycled glass from many sources to create glass art sculpture.
'I think we should all be working toward a 100 % environmentally sustainable world with our art and our lives,' Drury said. For more information Contact Joe Drury at JoeDrury@msn.com, 859-240-0046 and Julia Clark at Planktos.com Julia.Clark@Planktos.com 650-638-1975 ext 215

Please forward workshop info to interested friends as well. There is a group discount!
Space is still available for several Saturday workshops teaching Kiln Forming with "Glass on Glass" Enamel at the new W.W.Carpenter Enamel Foundation.  Workshops run 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
Artist/Students can join any number of Saturday sessions.
The new W.W. Carpenter Enamel Foundation Workshops are located at
650 Colfax Avenue, Bellevue, KY 41073
Contact Joe Drury at 859-240-0046
Thompson at: info@glass-on-metal.com
Workshops are limited to 15 students. per session. Cost is $65 per session or $175 for three sessions.

Thompson Enamels, glass substrate shapes are supplied. Students register by contacting Joe Drury directly at (859) 240-0046, email joedrury@msn.com or Thompson Enamel (859) 291-3800, email sales@thompsonenamel.com

Biography:

Joseph Drury is a Sculptor working in glass, steel, and stone creating abstracted kiln formed recycled and repurposed glass sculpture and objects of art as well as wood cut prints.
He is an active member artist showing at The Fifth Street Gallery, The Tower Place Gallery at the Carew Tower, at the Pendleton Art Center 8th Floor Gallery, in his 512 Studio in Cincinnati OH., The Pendleton Gallery, Newport on the Levee, Gallerie Zaum, Ft. Thomas, and Fusion Gallery, Bellevue KY. He has shown at the Salon des Refuse’s, The Hult Center for the Arts, The Maude Kerns Art Center, and The Sherman Gallery in Eugene Oregon, presenting sculpture, painting, and pastels 1995 – 1998.

His Kiln Formed Glass Sculptures “Seascape I” and “Seascape II” are in the collection of The W.W. Carpenter Enamel Foundation Museum in Bellevue, KY.
His Public Sculpture "Waterfall II" was a winner of the "Outside Art 96" competition sited on the Eugene Oregon Broadway Mall. This work is now in private collection. "Outside Art 95" winner "Waterfall I" was also sited on the Broadway Mall near the Lane Arts Council. Other Drury works are found in public and private collections in New York, Boston, Montreal, Vancouver, Seattle, Eugene, San Francisco, L.A. Sarasota, Northern Kentucky University, and Cincinnati Ohio.

Joseph offers instruction by appointment and scheduled workshops in Kentucky at The W.W. Carpenter Enamel Foundation Center in Bellevue, KY. and in his Ohio studio on the creation of Kiln Formed Enameled glass, stone, and steel sculpture to artist students who want to express in new mediums.

He was educated at Syracuse University, School of Art, and BFA, Sculpture 1986 (Attended 1964-1968) Senior Sculpture Award
New Caledonia College, Log Home Building, Design, BC, Canada, 1971
San Mateo College, Independent Study, Sculpture welding, 1976
U C L A, Advanced Computer Graphics, Animation, Certificate, 1986
Cal State University, Long Beach, CA, Advanced Studies, Ceramic Shell Casting, 1992
Lane College, Eugene, Oregon, Independent study, Sculpture Foundry, 1994 – 1998
Northern Kentucky University, Independent study, Sculpture and Ceramics 1999-2004

Contact: DruryDesignArt, Box 19, Studio 512, Pendleton Art Center, Cincinnati OH. 45202.
JoeDrury@msn.com Phone 859-240-0046  www.JoeDrury.com

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