Glass and Metal ArtistBarbara Bond
2021 Featured Artist
“We are surrounded by bold and delicate, hard and soft, light and heavy in our everyday lives. I was once asked why I decide to put a metal saw blade next to a fragile piece of textured glass. I responded that it was the same reason I love to lift heavy weights and wear high heels. I love the juxtaposition and the contrast. My art is a reflection of how I live my life.”
Barbara Bond has been working with stained-glass for 45 years. She began by creating her pieces through the traditional stained-glass method.
When she retired from her career as a college dean and athletic director, her art took a different direction.
She began expressing her art through a more modern industrial look. Her current work incorporates metal in the glass art piece and in the framing. Her pieces include independent free-hanging panels and freestanding sculpture.
Barbara states, “We are surrounded by bold and delicate, hard and soft, light and heavy in our everyday lives. I was once asked why I decide to put a metal saw blade next to a fragile piece of textured glass. I responded that it was the same reason I love to lift heavy weights and wear high heels. I love the juxtaposition and the contrast. My art is a reflection of how I live my life.”
Barbara has exhibited in one of the oldest and most highly acclaimed juried art shows, the Festival of Arts in Laguna Beach in 2015 & 2016. Her work also was exhibited in the Art A Fair, one of the most outstanding juried fine art shows in Southern California in 2014 & 2015. Her art is also in private collections across the country including Atlanta, Boston, Cincinnati, New York, New Orleans, and California.
Her artwork is currently at the Hugo Rivera Gallery and the Soulshine Shop in Laguna Beach.
Contact: 949.280.9861–949.280.9739–bbblmf@cox.net
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