Image courtesy of Stephen Dee Edwards.

Stephen Dee Edwards

Stephen Dee Edwards (1954– ) uses glass alongside other materials such as wood and metal to create sculptures that investigate light and color. He received a BA from San Jose University in 1978 and an MFA from Illinois State University in 1980, before establishing a studio in North Carolina and creating work at the Penland School of Crafts. Edwards eventually taught and built the hot-glass program at Alfred University in New York State (1988–2010). Edwards is a member and former president of the Glass Arts Society. He works full time in his California art studio, where he is inspired by the landscape.

Works

Pink Bunny, 2020. Image courtesy of Stephen Dee Edwards.

Mana, 2020. Image courtesy of Stephen Dee Edwards.

Red Physalia, 1983. Image courtesy of Stephen Dee Edwards.

Stephen Dee Edwards discusses the expenses Harvey Littleton incurred to run a shop in a 1983 recording by Paul Hollister.

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Stephen Dee Edwards

Stephen Dee Edwards discusses the expenses Harvey Littleton incurred to run a shop in 1983 recording by Paul Hollister. Interview with Stephen Dee Edwards by Paul Hollister, June 29, 1983. (Rakow Title: Stephen Dee Edwards interview [sound recording] / with Paul Hollister). Clip length: 00:41.

Steven Dee Edwards: I never really understood Harvey Littleton’s approach before. You see his work in so many small galleries that you don’t think it should be in. Little tiny places that don’t have the reputation to support that kind of work. And then the longer I’ve been in it the more I understand what that’s all about. Harvey has a tremendous overhead, he’s sixteen or eighteen thousand dollars a month to run the shop and he can’t count on making that kind of money on any one show or two shows, so he really spreads it out so he has a lot of work on the market so that those monthly checks keep rolling in.

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