FEATURING: Julia Hillyer
About The Artist Julia Hillyer is a 2006 graduate of the Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning in Oakville, Ontario. She first discovered glass at the Alberta College of Art & Design in Calgary, where she also explored the mediums of drawing, painting, jewellery and sculpture. With glass, Julia strives to marry function with form, often introducing 2-dimensional imagery to the blown vessel. Her work reflects her love of light and colour, as well as her interest in the natural world. Julia is currently a member of Glen Williams Glass, a co-operative studio located outside of Georgetown, Ontario. ARTIST'S STATEMENT "Glass is a material of inherent beauty and limitless possibility. Its fluid grace makes it an exhilarating and inspirational challenge to form. In so many ways, shaping glass is like shaping water… it flows and freezes according to temperature…when cold it can be carved and polished…when hot it flows and stretches in response to its environment. As I blow glass, it reacts to my touch, my breath, my speed, just as I react to it. It is truly a reflective material – a reflector of light, concept, artist. It is also a voice, a vehicle of expression. I am lucky to have glass as my voice, to be able to speak for it, through it, and to have it speak for me."

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