awareness post - lena zaycman

Lena Zaycman is a glass artist I found on Instagram (@hello.elena) who does a lot of stained glass, in very unconventional shapes and styles. Her style isn't exactly what I'm going for, but I do think I could gain some inspiration from her in terms of process for unconventional shapes and composition. Her compositions would be especially helpful for inspiration because my pieces rely so heavily on composition, and her compositions are generally effective. Her work is much more objective/less abstract than mine, though.

The piece to the left is a stained glass version of a willow tree - essentially a mobile that she created out of glass and brass. I don't see myself doing anything this large just because I don't really have time, but I do see this being really helpful when thinking about how to construct 3D pieces. I personally really like this piece, and I think it does a lot for the eye without actually being that complex in terms of which glass pieces are used.

I love this piece, too -- again, it's more objective than a lot of what I do, but it has a really effective diagonal line as well as great use of negative space. It does kind of scare me because I don't know how stable the mount is, but the soldering is extremely clean (much cleaner than mine) and the process video on her instagram could help me with more complex pieces.