Andy Paiko (born September 10, 1977, Woodland, California, United States) is an American glass sculptor. He co-founded Central Coast Glass Artist Studio in 2002, was named Searchlight Artist 2008 by the American Craft Council, and was selected for the

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and Renwick Gallery's 2012 exhibition ''40 under 40: Craft Futures''.

Career

Paiko works without assistants and is largely self-taught. Characteristic works are

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style glass bell jars containing obscure or extravagant artifacts, or sculpted glass celebrations of obsolete technologies reinterpreted, such as a functional

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based on a design by Leonardo da Vinci, an actual size, fully operable Spinning Wheel, and an array of 31 automated singing bowls of various sizes, created as a room-sized musical installation in collaboration with composer

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. His work was discovered and became abruptly influential through a series of feature layouts in House & Garden, with depictions of Paiko's

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fountain and other glass works amid

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ruin.Craig, Blanche (ed.) (2008). ''Contemporary Glass'', p.70. Black Dog Publishing, London. . Several of Paiko's works are visible on display in Portland City Hall during scenes of the television series Portlandia episode ''Mayor is Missing''.

References

External links

Andrew Paiko's official websiteAmerican Craft Council 2008 Searchlight Artist press release (.doc file format)
* ttp://www.opb.org/programs/artbeat/segments/view/760 ''Oregon Art Beat'' feature storybr>Smithsonian American Art Museum's 40 under 40 announcementSan Francisco Examiner ArticleOnline version of the Victoria Josslin article in Glass QuarterlyWIRED UK InterviewJRA Distinguished Artist Series October 2012- June 2013 pdf
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