Blown Glass Fish by Nancy Becker Featured at High Desert Gallery -- Sisters Oregon

Glassblowing is a form of art that requires lengthy training and intense concentration.  Nancy Becker, an accomplished blown glass artist from Central Oregon has paid her dues.  Nancy is an artist living in Central Oregon and working primarily in the medium of glass. She has a wide range of skills and techniques which she uses to communicate her absolute love of the natural world. Color, texture and attention to detail mark her pieces. Her work is shown in galleries and national juried art festivals in the Western United States. She is a Board Member for Art in the Pearl and Art in the High Desert; both national juried art festivals. Her artful designs have won many best of show awards and she is an acclaimed West Coast Glass Artist.

Nancy Becker is the Featured Artist at High Desert Gallery of Central Oregon during March 2008:    Visit our Sisters Oregon gallery to view new work by Nancy including new blown glass fish, wonderful vessels and functional oil lamps.  It's the best selection the gallery has enjoyed in over a year.

The art of glassblowing has a bit of history with the glassblowing technique invented by the Phoenicians sometime around 50 B.C. near the Syro-Palestinian coast.  Over the centuries glassblowing  has evolved from a “trade” and grown into a major art movement that still captures the eye of collectors worldwide.  Nancy has her private  “hot shop” or studio in Central Oregon and is one of a very small group of blown glass artists residing in Central Oregon.  Her studio has three furnaces types with the first, which contains a crucible of molten glass, referred to as "the furnace." The second is called the "Glory Hole", and is used to reheat a piece in between steps of working with it. Nancy's third furnace is called the "lehr" or "annealer", and is used to slowly cool the glass, over a period of a few hours to a few days.  All three furnaces are important  but the lehr is critical as it keeps the glass from cracking due to thermal stress.

During the 1960 and beyond glassblowing blossomed into a worldwide movement, producing such flamboyant and prolific artists as Dale Chihuly (among others).  In the early 1970's Dale Chihuly began the Pilchuck Glass School and the school continues to be a source for and inspiration of the current American Studio Glass movement.

High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing of Central Oregon is honored to represent Nancy Becker exclusively in Central Oregon.  For more information, to inquire or purchase work by Nancy Becker please call High Desert Gallery (1-866-549-6250 x 3) or visit:  Nancy Becker.

High Desert Gallery of Central Oregon, The Art & Soul of Central Oregon™ is an award winning fine art gallery with retail locations in Bend (Opening December 2008), Redmond Oregon and Sisters Oregon specializing in Central Oregon Artists & Beyond™ and Stellar Custom Framing.  High Desert Art Gallery's online sales gallery can be found at www.highdesertgallery.biz.

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