joshua opdenaker's Gallery
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Joshua Opdenaker is the resident artist at Philadelphia Glass Works. After studying stone carving in college he began lampworking in 2002 and has learned the techniques to convey his own messages and theories through his sculpture. His work never gets stale by constantly changing subject matter. The style of his work is impossible to generalize or classify.
Email: joshua4118@aol.com
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_________IN MY OWN WORDS________
i believe that the beauty of glass sculpting comes from the never ending struggle for perfection in theory and in execution. The art is not in the finished piece itself; the art is in the process of physically making the work.
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A set of three for a summer goblet show...
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Lampworked, sifted glass. This piece is large, measuring 26 x 15 x 5 inches.
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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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The cigarette needle (about 3 ft. long) is pretty much self explanitory.
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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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These goblets are a hybrid of plant-growth and wings. Hope you like them.
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The all-mighty dollar...
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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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This is the candle holder I brought to Glass Art Society conference in St. Louis. Thanks for checking it out.
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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
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Blackened Chicken Goblet.
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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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"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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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 want the viewer of this piece to do decide whether these sculptural elements are representations of fingers or toes. Each piece is not joined to any other, making the installation and display variable. Dimensions vary, but it can be estimated that the largest finger/toe is the size of a hand and the smallest the size of a pinky.
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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.
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43 x 35 x 14 inches without the stand. Lampworked glass, copper foil, paint, copper wire.
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Joshua Opdenaker is the resident artist at Philadelphia Glass Works. After studying stone carving in college he began lampworking in 2002 and has learned the techniques to convey his own messages and theories through his sculpture. His work never gets stale by constantly changing subject matter. The style of his work is impossible to generalize or classify.
Email: joshua4118@aol.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.
_________IN MY OWN WORDS________
i believe that the beauty of glass sculpting comes from the never ending struggle for perfection in theory and in execution. The art is not in the finished piece itself; the art is in the process of physically making the work.
josh opdenaker
908 A north third
philadelphia PA
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Hi Josh
Your work has progressed incredibly...
i'm blowin away...I can't wait to see more.
» Posted by
SeanStirlingSmiley
on 3/18/2006 12:06:20 AM.
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i'm
down for whatever you want to do ....i;ll wait and let it marinate or bust it out....what ever you wana do
» Posted by
NathanPurcell
on 5/14/2006 8:01:16 PM.
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cool concepts, great execution. Nice stuff!
» Posted by
Les
on 6/9/2006 4:29:15 PM.
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wow!
very inspiring. I love your design and size complexity.
» Posted by
MarkM.McCourt
on 9/21/2006 5:09:43 PM.
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johnny murano!
» Posted by
MarkLeputa
on 6/11/2007 8:04:00 PM.
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i see a lot of work, your's is amoung the best :)
» Posted by
SinbadTheGlassblower
on 9/21/2007 1:58:05 PM.
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Various types of desser drawers?
What's up kid, tell everyone at your shop I said thanks for having us and putting up with some of those banger tracks on my ipod.. peace
» Posted by
AdamGrafuis
on 10/10/2007 7:57:49 AM.
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your piece looks great in my house.
» Posted by
MarkLeputa
on 10/30/2007 3:48:47 AM.
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Awesome gallery...Great work!!!
» Posted by
BrettHoerr
on 10/30/2007 4:08:32 AM.
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NICE WORK BRO
LOOKING KILLER VERY MOTIVATIONAL!ROCK ON,CHICO
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ForwardMotionStudios
on 1/18/2008 3:22:10 AM.
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good job on the niche nomination. just when you were thinking those chickens were a waste of time...
» Posted by
MarkLeputa
on 1/18/2008 10:49:10 PM.
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