William morris glass blower biography samples

American glass and bronze artist William Morris, considered one of the world's foremost glass artists,  uses the fragile medium of glass and now the strong medium of bronze to recreate life-size black ravens and exquisite deer heads that reflect themes of myth, archaeology and the animal.  Morris' limited edition bronze sculptures are created from molds taken from blown glass originals that are documented in the William Morris Studio Archives.

Master glass artist William Morris has the uncanny ability to manipulate blown glass into something it really isn't by creating the optical equivalence of  bone, wood, stone and leather. Morris pushes the limit of glass blowing with his mesmerizing sculptures of spirited forms using extraordinary technical skills that seem beyond the physical and chemical possibilities of glass.

Born in 1957 in Carmel, California, William Morris is&