Glass in the Venetian style is as common in Seattle as coffee. Dante Marioni used to blow a few each morning, like a pianist warming up with c-scales. Because they are common, their elaborate beauty offers the same pleasure as eating a whole coconut cake. Somewhere between the third and fourth piece, disgust lays waste to desire.
Shari Mendelson‘s Venetians are a restorative. She makes them by collaging bits of plastic bottles together with a glue gun. Who wouldn’t belly up to the bar for a drink in one of them?
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She’s also expert in more ancient forms. Drop one and it will bounce.
She’s featured in Tikkunim: Jewish roots/Ecological Art at Howard House through May 2.
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