Dea Archbold

Glass by Dea | 28 Ford Road, Germantown 12526 | 201-572-9362 | Handicap accessible
glassbydea.com | dea57@mac.com

The past two years of retreating and isolating from the pandemic have offered an opportunity for me to focus on a series of 7 pieces called “Journey”. Upon completion of the initial series, it was clear that the Covid experience was far from over and an additional 10 painted glass panels followed. It has become my largest window series in a 2 year period that may or may not be complete.

With images of nature and the wilds within it, this series is an exploration of the multifarious path of life and its cycle. The pieces move from complete images to fragments beyond boundaries. All the partial to whole pieces ultimately integrate into something bigger than initially imagined. This experience and it’s reflection in art form represents life acknowledging itself in a narrative that is one artist’s interpretation.

A newly constructed green house on the property provides a perfect place to exhibit the new series plus additional pieces from a much earlier series call the “Journal” series. This exhibit space is in addition to the working glass studio with pieces in the process of building.

Dea Archbold is an experienced kiln fired glass painting artist with skills in all stages of leaded and foiled glass window construction, glass fusing, window restoration and commission work. The home studio is set up to fabricate the entire process, from beginning to finish.

Glass education background included

Studying the part of painting on Glass under Albin Elskus
Studying Glass Fusing @ Arrowmont Arts & Crafts School, in Tenn. with Gil Reynolds.
Studying the Fine Arts At Buffalo State College