Flame Run celebrates the collaborations of Two Australian Glass Masters

Online, May 4, 2010 (Newswire.com) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (May 5, 2010) - Flame Run Glass Studio and Gallery will celebrate the work of Ben Edols and Kathy Elliott, the Australian couple whose reclining leaf series and other signature blown and cold-worked collaborations have won international acclaim. The exhibit opens June 4 and runs through July 30. An opening night reception begins at 5 p.m.

The couple's most recent work focuses on botanica: leaves, pods, buds, and seeds. Edols spends most of his time blowing glass using Italian techniques he learned from Lino Tagliapietra, the Italian maestro, and Elliott specializes in cold working techniques. Their work has been exhibited in the U.S., Australia, Japan, Germany, England and Italy. They live in Sydney, Australia.

The exhibit will open the week before Ingenious Possibilities, the Glass Art Society's 40th annual conference in Louisville from June 10 through 12, which features more than 50 glass art exhibits at venues across the city.

"Having the Glass Art Society's (GAS) annual conference in Louisville gave us a chance to exhibit Ben and Kathy's very striking collaborations," said Flame Run owner Brook White, a conference co-chair.

Edols is doing a demonstration during the GAS conference and a post-GAS conference workshop at Flame Run. The workshop opens at 9 a.m. on Monday, June 14, and ends Friday, June 18.

The Edols-Elliott exhibit will run concurrently with "Centre College & Friends," featuring the work of alumni and friends who are working in glass.

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