Personal

1958 - Born in Toledo Ohio
1986 - BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Arizona.
1986 - 1998: Senior Design Engineer - Plastics
1989 - present: Silversmith
1996 - present: Glass artist

 

Exhibitions:

"Astral Bodies" - An Exhibition of Cutting Edge Glass" An invitational, Dec 2001 - Jan 2002 Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts, Palmer Lake, Co.

 

"Regions of the Flame II" An invitational, Nov 2001 - Jan. 2002 Philabaum Glass Gallery, Tucson, AZ

"Exprit de Corps" An invitational, - 1998 Philabaum Glass Gallery, Tucson, AZ.

"The Beautiful Bead", Juried, - 1999, 2000, 2001 Symmetry Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY

"Tucson in Space", An invitational, - 2000 Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ

 

Publications:

 

"Bronwen Heilman, Vitreous Painting Techniques for Glass Beadmaking", Jim Kervin, 2005

 

"Turning you on to the Spiral Bead", Glass Craftsman, June/July 2005

 

"Sandblasting a Bead part III", Glass Craftsman, Feb/Mar 2005

"Sandblasting a Bead part I", Glass Craftsman, Dec/Jan 2005

 

"1000 Glass Beads", 2004, Lark Books

"Focus on Glass", Beadwork Magazine, February, 2004

"Capping Beads", Lapidary Journal, October, 2002

"For the Challenge". Bead and Button Magazine, Cover artist and Feature story by Alice Korach, editor, August issue, 2002

"Contemporary Lampworking" by Bandhu Scott Dunham, 3rd. eddition, 2002

"OBSESSION": A ten year affair with the bead" The International Society of Glass Beadmakers (ISGB), Juried Catalogue. Quoted from the prospectus:" The artists juried into the show will be artists who are considered to be at the top of their field and pioneers of a movement." 2002

"The Art and Elegance of Beadweaving" by Carol Wilcox Wells, Lark Books, 2002 . My work is incorporated in a piece by Julie Fronies titled "Chain of Pearls", page 142, third frame from the left.

"More Than You Ever Wanted To Know About Glass Beadmaking": by James Kervin (Glasswear Studios, revised edition, 1999)

"Society of Glass Beadmakers" at the Rockwell Museum, Corning NY, 1998

Lapidary Journal, "Ghost Story" by Terri Haag, September, 1998

Lapidary Journal, "Lampworked Sandblasted Beads", September, 1998

 

Teaching experience:

 

Beginning Glass Bead Making

Intermediate Glass Bead Making

Glass casting small pieces

2000: Presented a slide show and talk on "How to Sandblast Beads" in Oakland, Ca. at the Society of Glass Bead Makers (ISGB) annual gathering.

1997: Organized the lampworkers and Demonstrated at the Glass Art Society (GAS) conference, Tucson, Arizona, Philabaum Glass Gallery

Organizations:

 

Southern Arizona Glass Adicts (SAGA)
International Society of Glass Bead Makers (ISGB)
Arizona Glass Beadmakers (AGB)
Glass Art Society (GAS)
Arizona Designer Craftsmen (ADC)
American Craft Council (ACC)
The Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG)

 

Galleries:

 

Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA
Arts Afire Glass Gallery, Alexandria, VA
Edward Bernard Gallery, 2500 William St, Cape Girardeau,MO, 63703,                               www.EdwardBernardGallery.com              573-58701414
Gallery 219, Tubac, AZ
Glass House 383, Memphis, TN
Kitrell/Riffkind Art Glass, Dallas, TX
L.H. Selman Ltd., Santa Cruz, CA,  www.TheGlassGallery.com
Museum of Glass, Tacoma WA
Philabaum Contemporary Art Glass Gallery, Tucson, AZ