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Title
Cask 1 and 2
Artist
Henry Jackson-Spieker
Year
2026
Medium
Cast evedure bronze, bullseye cast glass light Rhubarb shift and light Neo-Lavender shift, Pin Oak
Dimensions
13 3/8” x 13 1/2”
Description of Artwork
Cask 1 and 2 explores ideas of tangible and intangible forms. Such as the physicality of bronze, and the ephemerality of light passing through glass. while the cast glass forms represent light and energy. They surface treatment helps to diffuse the light as it passes through the forms making them glow. As the source of light changes from natural light to artificial light the glass will reflect that transition by changing colors.
The bronze represents stability and structure, containing and protecting the cast glass forms. The use of two patinas is to represent the internal structure of the bronze interacting with the glass and the outer surface interacting with the outside.
About the Artist
Henry Jackson-Spieker is a multidisciplinary artist, based in Seattle, WA focusing on sculpture and site-specific installations. He works with three main elements: tension, perception, and environment to examine the physical and philosophical perceptions placed on public spaces. Jackson-Spieker’s work combines: glass, bronze, steel, wood, fiber, and light to build off existing architecture.
Jackson-Spieker received his BFA from Western Washington University and his MFA of Sculpture and Dimensional Studies from Alfred University. Jackson-Spieker has been an active member of the Seattle art scene for many years. Teaching bronze casting and Glass blowing and glass casting at Pratt Fine Arts Center since 2015.Jackson-Spieker is Assistant professor of glass and Dale Chihuly Endowed Chair of Glass at the 3D4M, School of Art, Art History and Design, University of Washington.
