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Please click on 'Joshua Opdenaker's Gallery' button above for my portfolio.
Josh Opdenaker’s glass work ranges from the absurd to the edgy and aggressive. In his own words he describes, “the beauty of glass sculpting to be the never ending struggle for perfection in theory and in execution. The art is not in the finished piece; the art is in the physical movement of creating the work.” His innovative techniques and concepts leave much contemplation and introspection and never gets stale by constantly changing subject matter. With such a range of style his work is impossible to generalize or classify, leaving it much in a class of it’s own. Josh states, “If nothing else, view my work as original. Technique and craft can be learned, originality cannot. You either have it, or you do not.”
email: jop.glass@gmail.com
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Large needle sculpture.
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Bi-Polar Bear
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This piece will start the next chapter of this series and will be available for viewing at The Easy Street Gallery opening in Brooklyn, NY on October 10, 2009.
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get on yer knees...
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the crucifixion continues...
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let the good times roll...
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The cigarette needle (about 3 ft. long) is pretty much self explanitory.
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The all-mighty dollar...
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Elephant Vessel with elephant woman stopper.
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This body of work by Joshua Opdenaker is described as sophisticated edgy. Some of the pieces like the needle and oxygen mask provoke an aggressive sensation. Although some works are more intimidating than others, all emit a sterile and medical feel. While these items’ intended use is to heal people, they present a high contrast by equally making people feel uncomfortable.
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A set of three for a summer goblet show...
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Drawing Figure Study. Lampworked glass. 20 x 7 x 7 inches.
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Elephant Dagger. 2008. Lampworked glass, paint. Very loosely referencing some God images.
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Blackened Chicken Skewer. Lampworked Glass, Paint. 26 x 11 x 12 inches. Made for SOFA Chicago.
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Various black tubing fingers and toes, toes and fingers. 2008
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Trophies for Manhattan Golf Classic held on October 23, 2006. Both are donations and both were lampworked then carved and etched. The clubs are life size and can be removed from the stands. The stands were donated as well as the The Manhattan Golf Classic stencil, donated by Alan Jacobson of AGS Graphic Design. I really couldn't have made these sculptures without the much appreciated donations.
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"She broke my heart..." sculpture was made using only found fragments of glass. The hand is cast plaster made from a mold filled with alginate. The hammer in "I'm Smashed" is hand sculpted as well as the face which is made of plastilina. Thanks...
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These goblets are a hybrid of plant-growth and wings. Hope you like them.
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2008. Lampworked glass, oil paint. About 3 feet long.
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Lampworked, sifted glass. This piece is large, measuring 26 x 15 x 5 inches.
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This is the candle holder I brought to Glass Art Society conference in St. Louis. Thanks for checking it out.
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Chicken Kebab
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Chicken Kebab 2008. Lampworked glass, oil paint. Around 3 feet long, the peppers are life size. This piece was made for SOFA Chicago held November 7-9th. Much respect to the Philadelphia Glass Works for giving me the opportunity to display my sculpture on such a prestigious platform.
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Collaboration between myself and nathan purcell.
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Frequent health problems have caused me to revisit the needle. Lampworked, sandblasted, and spray painted. Property of the Pakoh collection.
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Amazon night powder in a heavy reduction.
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Lampworked and furnace blown glass, blasted, painted, assembled. The face is the first sculpture I've blown as the gaffer. 56 x 19 x 7 inches without the stand.
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Re-mix of a low-rider vessel made in 2006. Lampworked. Side View mirrors are found. The emblem is heavy silver fume over peacock and then resisted. I want to thank Slinger for hooking the emblem stencil up. 22 x 17 x 4 inches.
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I broke this piece right after taking this picture. Glass...
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Collaboration between Nathan Purcell and I. This piece is now in the private collection of Lehigh Valley Hospital. Two people drink simultaneously from the vessel, hence 'drinker's hookah.'
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"First in Flight" Chicken. Now property of ceramic artist Karen Shapiro via a trade.
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Blackened Chicken Goblet. Property of the Ian Kerr collection.
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Devil Chicken by Josh Opdenaker. Not for sale, only trades for souls...
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The first frozen chicken was live-auctioned-off at the Glass Art Society conference in Pittsburgh. I wanted the flock to constantly have a frozen chicken among them so I made another. thanks for checking it out. josh opdenaker
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Part 2 of "The rubber chicken series." "Frozen Chicken" is lampworked and 19 x 8.5 x 8 inches. This piece was live-auctioned-off at the 2007 Glass Art Society Conference in Pittsburgh. Thanks. JOP
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Da Funky Chicken. Part three of the rubber chicken series. Chicken candle holder is 14 x 8 x 5 inches and is for sale for 199 million deutsche marks in small denominations in a green leather suitcase.
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Rubber Chicken Candle Holder. Part 1 of the "Rubber Chicken Series." 13 x 9 x 6 inches not including candle. Biggawwwkk!!!! JOP
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Starburst Chandelier and Sconce. The chandelier alone has 225 points assembled to a large welded steel frame. Around five feet tall, each point is sandblasted and hand oil painted. The sconce has twelve points created in the same style. Custom order that took twelve hours to assemble on-site. Thanks for looking, and more importantly thanks to the Bucci's for supporting this artist.
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Custom made light-chandelier. Lampworked glass. 4x3.5x3.5 feet. The client was extremely trusting, considering I only gave her a scratchy, crudely drawn blueprint. The next light will be the same setup, only flipped to be a table-top lamp. Thanks for checking it out. jop
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These chandeliers were made by using an assemblage technique. They are all around 3x3x3 feet.
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Blue Contourex Vessels by Josh Opdenaker. Glass from UST. All are between 12 and 17 inches high. Just some form studies. Thanks...
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Modern totem poles. This particular candle holder is an elephant/rhino combination made with oregon gray rod and a blue moon powder heavy reduction. Look out for this piece and a step by step "how-to" article in aug/sept vol.21 no.2 Glass Line Magazine. Thanks for checkin it. jop
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lampworked 25.25 x 18 x 6.5 inches.
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Elephant Candle Holder with silver strike powder in a heavy reduction.
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Elephant Candle Holder with ruby rod and silver strike powder. Jop.
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Oxidized Twilight Candle Holder
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Elephant candle holder was made using heavily oxidized amazon night powder.
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Lampworked dog goblet. 25.5x3.75x4.5 inches. The dog is modeled after a pitbull.
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Angel. Lampworked 19x8x3.5 inches. Closed legs are tricky and it cracked a couple of times. Gave it some extra love and it cleaned right up.
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Lampworked. 18.75 x 7.5x 3.5 inches.
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Figure and animal studies. Some were just an exploration to see how much detail I could demonstrate.
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I cut apart a lowrider bicycle for this series. The chrome pieces really accent and highlight the qualities of the glass it is connected to. I feel bad for the bike, but it's all good because it was chopped in the name of art. Thanks for looking, josh
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This body of work is large scale, each two and half to three feet tall. Inspired by fire
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This piece measures 25"x21"x5". It is titled rorschach after the rorschach ink-blot tests. Different people see different things in the stem so I felt the name was appropriate.
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Lampworked. Thanks to model Victoria Chan.
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Jewelry
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Toe goblets named after some people around our studio and others that have influenced me in one way or another. The nails are painted with real nailpolish.
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I am a glass artist first and a stone carver second. This folder contains my earliest sculptures carved by hand. All are either alabaster or soapstone. All were made between 2000 and 2002.
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Skull and bones 18x13x8inches.
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ocean life...
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Lampworked glass, found fragment, photo resisted mercedes emblem. 22 x 21.5 x 6.5 inches. This piece was created for the James Oliver Gallery 'Pop Art' show on Friday, April 24th, 2008. Another unfortunate loss to mishandling by the gallery- this piece is now in a million pieces...SIGN CONSIGNMENT CONTRACTS if you are an artist...
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43 x 35 x 14 inches without the stand. Lampworked glass, copper foil, paint, copper wire.
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Josh Opdenaker's glass work ranges from the absurd to the edgy and aggressive. In his own words he describes, the beauty of glass sculpting to be the never ending struggle for perfection in theory and in execution. The art is not in the finished piece; the art is in the physical movement of creating the work. His innovative techniques and concepts leave much contemplation and introspection and never gets stale by constantly changing subject matter. With such a range of style his work is impossible to generalize or classify, leaving it much in a class of it's own. Josh states, If nothing else, view my work as original. Technique and craft can be learned, originality cannot. You either have it, or you do not.
Email: jop.glass@gmail.com
To new glassartists.org users: navigate by staying to the center of the page and scrolling down. Click on thumbs for their detailed galleries.
josh opdenaker
908 A north third
philadelphia PA
http://jopglass.com
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