Tri State Sculptors/members/Gudjonsdottir

Title: Net Feelers Description: This is an out-door piece. Dimensions: About 4 feet high Medium: Forged mild steel, cast brass and clay-cast glass. All reuse materials Date Created: 2003

Title: Feelers Contained Description: This picture is taken in Iceland. The icelandic name for this piece comes from an icelandic saying and goes well with my philosophy of sharing information. Thvi er illa soad sem of vel er geymt. Dimensions: 22"H x 27"L x 22" Medium: ceramic and clay cast glass (100% reuse materials) Date Created: 2002 Location: Located in Iceland

Title: Seekers Description: I created a series called "Seekers" so if you feel the need to see more work with lots of cones sticking out of a center body go to my personal website and look under 2001 and 2002 Dimensions: 18" x 18" x 18" Medium: clay-cast glass and ceramic all reuse materials Date Created: 2001

Title: Spindle Form Description: This sculpture was made in Kohler while I was in their residency. Dimensions: ~ 2 1/2' x 2' x 2' Medium: cast iron with dry clay on surface Date Created: 1996

Web sites that feature work by (Stina) Kristin Gudjonsdottir

http://www.mixedmediasculpture.com -- Artists personal web site full of images of artwork, work process and influences

Artist's Bio

Kristin Gudjonsdottir was born in Reykjavik, Iceland in 1966. She graduated in 1995 with a BFA degree in sculpture and glass from California College of Arts and Crafts. She was an Emerging Artist-in-Residence at Pilchuck Glass School in Washington state in the fall of ‘95. The fall of ‘96 she was in a residency at the Kohler factory in Kohler, Wisconsin. Kristin gets most of her ideas from nature ...... more

Artist's Statement

I was born in Iceland in 1966. I came to the Bay Area in 1991 to get a BFA in sculpture and glass at the California College of Arts and Crafts. I stayed there for four years after I graduated, went to two residencies. The Pilchuck Glass School Emerging Air and the Kohler residency in addition to setting up my studio. I moved to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in 1999. My primary sources of inspir ...... more

Resume

Education California College of Arts and Crafts . BFA, High Distinction. 1995 Sculpture and Glass Pilchuck Glass School Summer Session 2 . 1995 . Bertil Vallien Summer Session 2 . 1994 . Gene Koss Summer Session 3 . 1994 . Steven Paul Day Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts Sculpture . 1989 - 1991 Reykjavik School of Art Fine Art . 1989 - 1991 University of Iceland Icela ...... more