Master Hot Glass Artist Uses Rockford Studio - Event Now
Extended Until November 14, 2004.
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His work sits in the White House Permanent
Collection. One piece brought a fetching price at
Sotheby's Auction House this spring. Private
collectors, at home and abroad, commission private
pieces. Galleries vie for his creations. The
National Art Museum in Segea, Hungary has, in its
collection, a gift from the United States - a piece
of glass artwork - created by James Michael Kahle,
local artisan.
Keeping shops in both the village of Rockford as well as Winona Lake, IN, Kahle (pronounced Kāl) travels back and forth using Rockford mostly as a cold-finish site while firing and furnace work is completed mostly in the Winona Lake Studio. The picture above shows Kahle in front of a firing furnace holding a vial of a silicone mixture used to create a piece of glass art. See a related story later this week on pieces being finished at the Rockford Studio by local apprentice Rachel Harshman, senior at Parkway. A most-impressive commission was completed this spring and opened in July at the Foelling-Freimann Botanical Conservatory in nearby Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Entitled Kaleidoscope, Kahle claims the three art glass fountains transform the fragrant and lush garden into a living kaleidoscope of colors and lights as the water moves through each. YOU are personally invited to attend through November 14, 2004. 9/24
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