In February and March the Samford Art Gallery featured an exhibition of glass works by Sam Cornman, an internationally-recognized artist who has been working with molten glass in various techniques for nine years. Cornman's pieces in the Samford exhibit included blown glass, flame-worked glass and "dripped" glass. The works displayed a range of styles, from formal vessels to organic pieces incorporating natural elements, such as driftwood, cactus skeleton and the artist's own hair. A video of
the glassmaking process was also on display to help visitors better understand how the works were created. The exhibition was sponsored by the Marion B. Sanders Charitable Foundation.
In 2008 Cornman helped set up a glassblowing studio at the University of Montevallo, and a group of Samford students recently traveled there to experience glassmaking first hand. Under Cornman's supervision, the students created their own blown glass Christmas ornaments.
Sophomore graphic design major Sarah Wilkinson said, "The glass-
blowing was awesome! I think people interested in experimenting with their artistic abilities should experience it. On the trip we not only got to do the glassblowing workshop, but we also toured the ceramic hut's huge kiln and viewed an art gallery. This exposure to art only helps get creative juices to flow. The trip was a great learning process that gave us the opportunity to live and
learn art!"
View photos of the glassblowing field trip on Flickr.
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