ABOUT Cheryl Merz & Enchanted Eye Studio Artist Statement: If I could sculpt and preserve water, I imagine the end result would be similar to what can be created with glass - fluidity, movement, depth, color, reflection, texture and mood all playing with the light and dark of our world. Art changes its face to match our perspective. The versatility and complexity of glass allow me to express the faces of my realities.
Cheryl has worked with many media: watercolor, acrylics, clay, plaster, collage, fabric and paper, and now finds her home with glass. Growing up near Corning Glass Works in New York state probably has something to do with her long time fascination with the material. The kiln-formed art brings together Cheryl's creative experiences and and she flourishes in the studio among the sparkling shards of glass. Cheryl has studied with such accomplished glass artists as Jayne Persico, Michael Dupille, Kerry Transtrum, Sarinda Jones, Bob Leatherbarrow and Tony Glander. She has shown her work in the Patrick Moore Gallery, Red Butte Gardens, Finch Lane Gallery, The Contemporary Art & Design Gallery, Salt Lake City Library and The Riverton Arts Museum. Cheryl received the Award of Merit for her black and green bracelet at the 2008 Salt Lake City Library show and the Award of Merit at the 2008 Gathering of Glass show at the Patrick Moore Gallery. Pax Natura (Peace with Nature), the planet's largest organization committed to preservation and restoration of our rainforests has selected Cheryl as the creator of The award bowl was inspired by and created in honor of the Golden Toad, the first species of animal whose extinction is directly attributed to global warming.
For more information on Pax Natura, please visit paxnatura.org. Watch for many more exciting creations to come out of
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