Art News Articles
Old glass, new art
Despite the absolute stillness of the piece, there’s movement.
Waves slap softly against a pebbled shore, backed by the soft shimmer of the northern lights. It’s a scene that soothes, that’s meant to soothe, that might even bring some peace to troubled hearts.
The “scene” is actually a 16 x 4-1/2 foot glass sculpture just being finished by Two Harbors artist Mike Tonder. This month, it will be hung in the lobby of the Duluth Clinic First Street Building, where all the fine art has been done by local artists.Read More
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Recycled Glass Captures Park Landmark
Tettegouche State Park recently received a donation
from Michael Tonder, a local artisan who works with
recycled plate glass, creating one-of-a-kind glass
s culptures. The piece Tonder donated is fashioned after
Shovel Point, a Lake Superior rocky shoreline landmark
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Tour
allure
Down a long, wooded stretch of county highway 20 miles
from Two Harbors, two artists work in virtual seclusion.
He produces sculptures; she fashions earrings. Both use
the nontraditional medium of recycled glass.
With the quiet waters of Thomas Lake licking at their
backyard, each artist cuts and fuses. The setting is
extraordinary, but for Michael Tonder and Jody Freij-Tonder
of Blue Skies Glassworks, it’s just everyday life
in northern Minnesota. Read
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Third
Thursday--more than a calendar date
Some might consider it a gathering of fine chefs.
In fact, they’ve talked about putting out a cookbook
of their own. That’s not really what the Third Thursday
group is about, though. While they do love sampling the
wonderful dishes that come out of their kitchens at their
monthly potluck gathering, their creativity is focused
on art of another kind. It might be paintings, collages,
photography, glasswork, pottery, weaving--anything that
demands seeing with an inner eye, and translating with
materials at hand. The get-together is the brainchild
of Two Harbors glass artists Michael Tonder and Jody Freij-Tonder.
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