Describe your work:
B lo w n
g lass, m o stly v e sse ls, and la te ly ,
som e lig h tin g p ro jects.
How you got where you are:
I ’v e b een a g la ssb lo w e r sin ce I
w a s 15 y e a rs old . M y dad [glass
m aster P au l M a rio n i] w a s m y
in tro d u ctio n .
Pilchuck connection: I
p a rtici-
p ated in P ilc h u c k program s fo r
20 c o n s e c u tiv e sum m ers.
W hat makes your work
unique: I
can ’t re a lly sa y th at
th e re is a n yth in g u n iqu e abou t
m y ap p roach . I’d lik e to th in k
th at m y w o r k is re co g n izab le
as m ine alo n e , th o u gh .
Biggest artistic influences:
[G lass artists] B en jam in M o o re ,
R ich a rd M a rq u is, L in o T a g lia-
p ie tra , T a p io W ir k k a la , N ap o -
leo n e M a r tin u z z i, and m y dad.
A ls o , [m y u n cle , p ain ter]
Jo se p h M a rio n i.
Biggest challenge with glass:
M a k in g o b jects th at m ake m e
h a p p y from a fu rn a ce fu ll o f
m olten g o o .
W hat’s next:
I am in crea sin g ly
in te re ste d in lig h tin g p ro je cts.
B u t I h a ve d o n e a bad jo b o f
p re d ic tin g m y fu tu re so far.
How you’d like to be remem-
bered:
A s so m e o n e w h o passed
alo n g w h a t w a s so g e n e ro u sly
p assed to m e, and as a n ice p e r-
son w h o m ade som e origin al
w o r k and co n trib u te d to th e
vo cab u lary o f b lo w n glass form s.
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>: Russell Johnson
