Aug 4, 2017
Episode 168- Scot Bennet aka Cherry Glass
This was a fun conversation as Scot and I dove into his early career and the stages he went through to get to where he is today. Everything from learning boro production to figuring out how to electroform. You can find Scot online @cherryglass or @tournament_of_fire on Instagram.
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We Give Bugs A Second Life As Art!
Cherry Glass is a family-owned glassblowing business in Northern
Minnesota. We are a group of artists that add real insects to our
art by electroforming them in copper and applying them onto our
glass pieces. We create magnifiicent pieces using organic
materials. We have three months of summer and collect bugs as they
die off. The rest are shipped to us from collectors and friends! We
also incorporate crystals, stones, and Brazilian agate slabs in our
work and connect everything together with different color patinas.
We Give Bugs A Second Life As Art!
We have electroformed the following organic material:
Butterflies
Dragonflies
Spiders
Scorpions
Snakes
Bats
Praying Mantis
Hornets
Cicadas
House Flies
Flowers
Stones
Bones
Starfish
Sea Horse
Shells
Sea Fan
Scot started blowing glass in 2002. After a four year
apprenticeship under Andy G. , Scot started Cherry Glass in 2006,
and in 2012 his mother, Linda Bennett started collaborating with
electroforming real bugs, stones, and working with patinas with his
pieces. Scot's wife Ryan, and Travis Andrews of Oxbow Art Effects
also contribute there sculpting and artwork.