Michael Mikula, Glass Artist
Michael Mikula, glass artist in Cleveland, Ohio, creates one-of-a-kind architectural blown glass sculptures inspired by the built environment and restless energy of cities and their cultural variations. Each polished blown glass piece is recomposed within integral metal armature of anodized aluminum and stainless steel.
sculptural blown vessels and decorative objects were the genesis of the current glass and metal pieces. I continue to make these individual blown objects.
Michael Mikula
Architectural details, the built environment and restless energy of cities and their cultural variations and traditions point the way for this body of work in blown glass.
As a designer-craftsman, I’m particularly drawn to the optimistic quality that these traditions reflect. This serves as my cue for reinterpreting them in glass.
I design and hand build multi-part graphite molds as a tool to shape the glass in a positive/negative interplay. I compose each mold from a large and ever-expanding library of interchangeable parts. As a result, no two compositions are ever alike.
Once cooled, these blown forms are cut apart, polished and recomposed in related sets within an integral metal armature of anodized aluminum and stainless steel. A series of related sculptural blown vessels and decorative objects were the genesis of the current glass and metal pieces. I continue to make these individual blown objects.
