William Morris

William Morris

     

 Willliam Morris is an American glass artist from the state of California. He was born in Carmel, California on July 25, 1957 and is still alive today. It's interesting how William Morris became involved in his glass artwork. It all started when he was working for the Pilchuck Gkass School in Stanwood, Washington. This was his first introduction to glass. Soon after he would learn the art of glassmaking and become an instructor at the Pilchuck Glass School. This is what allowed him to start his career off. Early on he worked as the head gaffer for Dale Chihuly, another American glass sculptor, until the mid 1980s when he started making his own work. William Morris has received praise for his work because of its interaction with prehistoric history. In a way, he combines art with archaeology and has created ancient objects that resemble bone and wood from ancient civilizations like the Egyptians and Native Americans. I have mixed feelings about his artwork. I like how well he seems to be able to mimic this ancient items using a glass medium, something completely different from what was actually used, but it also upsets me that he has little artwork solely dependent on the qualities of glass itself. William Morris retired at the age of 49 in 2007.