JP Canlis shaping glass on the marver in the Museum of Glass hot shop. 

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Photo by: Michelle Ann Henley

Comprised of stalks of hand pulled glass, with lampworked detail, Wheat Installation makes a dramatic, yet subtle, statement. 

The options for commissioning this artwork are virtually endless in scale. 

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Photo by: Aaron Leitz

Sandblasting an Undertow sculpture from his Ocean Studies series, JP focuses on the texture of the glass. 

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Photo by: Aaron Leitz

Hand sculpted solid glass installation of bamboo stalks with leaves. 
Custom base available in a variety of dimensions.

To view additional information about this installation
| CLICK HERE |

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Photo by: Brian Canlis

JP and team finishing the hot shop portion of a new untitled piece -- disconnecting it from the pipe, before putting it into the annealer. 

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Photo by: Michelle Ann Henley

The Swell series represents the beauty of a wave early in its life, once it sorts itself out in the deep ocean, and before it breaks in shallow waters.  The simplicity and strength of this series is settling and powerful all at once, much like the ocean.  

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Photo by: Aaron Leitz

(Left) Precise measuring during the mock up in the artist's studio takes patience and planning. 

(Right) Final Oxblood Bamboo Installation is the centerpiece of the lobby at Hotel 1000. 

When asked to create a custom wall installation, JP had the idea of digging into the concept of a wind-sea. A Wind-sea is broken up surface of the ocean, created by wind, before it becomes organized into sets of waves.  Perfectly balanced and wall-mounted, JP’s Windsea series captures the movement of the ocean and beauty of the water. 

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Photos by: Aaron Leitz

(Left) 2000 degree molten glass awaits JP in the furnace at Pilchuck Glass School (link to school). 
(Right) JP's gaffer station includes wet newspaper for forming glass, diamond shears, tweezers, tagliol and jacks;  all tools essential to a glass artist.  

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Photo by: Aaron Leitz

The first of JP’s Ocean Studies series, the Wave, evolved in college at Alfred University in the early 90s.  The form is indicative of the raw form and power of a wave.

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Photo by: Aaron Leitz

JP building bamboo stalks in his studio for the Hotel 1000 and BOKA Kitchen + Bar installation. 

If a breaking wave travels over undulations in the ocean floor, it can be referred to as “breathing” -- a subtle expanding and contracting of the wave as it moves. JP’s Breathe forms, usually hand engraved to embody the movement of the water, are representative of this action and his many days spent watching the waves.

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Photo by: Aaron Leitz

Before the day starts, JP sets up his tools and equipment at the gaffer's bench. 

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Photo by: Michelle Ann Henley

A peeling wave, breaking in a hollow manner, is perfection to a surfer. The Peel form is difficult and somewhat complicated to blow in glass – a parallel to the complexity of the moment when the ocean lines up perfectly to create a peeling wave. Incorporating the same form as his Peel series, JP plays with the concept of a set of waves coming into shore with this Double Peel. The lifelong search for perfect waves inspired JP to create the Peel series.

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Photo by: Aaron Leitz

Notching a Double Up on the lathe is the last step before installing the Ocean Study on the wall. 

Hand sculpted solid glass installation of bamboo stalks with leaves. 
Custom base available in a variety of dimensions.

To learn more about this installation, | CLICK HERE |

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Photos by: Aaron Leitz

Back and forth with the belt wheel and the wax pencil in his cold shop, JP spends hours polishing the glass to remove any indication that it was once attached to a pipe in the hot shop. 

Comprised of stalks of hand pulled glass, with lampworked detail, Wheat Installation makes a dramatic, yet subtle, statement. 

The options for commissioning this artwork are virtually endless in scale. 

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Photos by: Aaron Leitz

Hand sculpted solid glass installation of bamboo stalks with leaves. 
Custom base available in a variety of dimensions.

To learn more about this installation | CLICK HERE |

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Photos by: Brian Canlis

Comprised of stalks of hand pulled glass, with lampworked detail, Wheat Installation makes a dramatic, yet subtle, statement. 

The options for commissioning this artwork are virtually endless in scale. 

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Photos by: Aaron Leitz