Ed Carpenter is an artist specializing in large-scale public sculptures made of glass. His work can be found in conference centers, libraries, and airports.
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Ed Carpenter | |
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Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Rhode Island School of Design University of California, Berkeley |
Known for | Glass art |
Carpenter studied architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design, where he studied with Dale Chihuly.[1] He attended the University of California, Berkeley from 1968-1971.[2]
Carpenter specializes in large-scale installations in glass. He is known for his technical innovation using cold-bent tempered glass, encapsulated glass elements, and programmed lighting elements. His work is often described as "architectural".[3]
While working with Dale Chihuly they created lead glass doors that are in the collections of the Corning Museum of Glass and the Toledo Museum of Art.[1]
In 2019 he installed the first phase of a dichroic glass sculpture in the Portland Public Library, called "Mollie's Garden". The piece honored his mother, a library volunteer named Mollie Starbuck, who died in her 80's.[4] His work "Aloft" is a 360 foot glass sculpture in the Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport lobby and was featured as an event by the Wichita Art Museum on November 18, 2021.[5]
He created a lobby sculpture for the Meydenbauer Convention Center in Bellevue, Washington; a large (17 meters x 18 meters x 6.5 meters) work for the Morgan Library at Colorado State University (commissioned by the Colorado Council on the Arts); and glass windows for the Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis, Indiana.[6]
Other works include the Flying Bridge between buildings at Central Washington University, an installation at the Hokkaido Sports Center, and a large sphere for the atrium of Carlson school. He also created an outdoor sculpture for the Broadway pumphouse.[7]
Carpenter lives and has his studio in Portland, Oregon.[3]
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