Nick Sturtzel (University of Louisville), Transmogrification, 2010. Cast and found glass. Not for sale.
With a perfect square made up of 100 bottles of beer, together with a glass casting made from similar bottles, Nick Sturtzel took top honors at the International Student Exhibition at the Glass Art Society’s 40th annual conference. His piece entitled Transmogrification was judged as best-in-show by jurors Mark Peiser, Tom Philabaum, and John Drury. The winners were unveiled at 10 minutes after 4 PM on Friday, June 11th, to an anxious crowd of onlookers some of whom were impatiently waiting for the doors to open. The winning artist receives $1,000 from the Corning Museum of Glass during the conference’s closing night party Saturday night.
Julia Rogers (Bowling Green State Universty) took second prize with her work Collective Conductivity. $9,000.
Second prize went to Julia Rogers of Bowling Green State University for her robotic glass and metal form entitled Collective Conductivity.
Hyun Sung Cho (Southern Illinois University), Daily Round, 2010. Blown and enameled glass. $4,000.
Third prize was awarded to Hyung Sung Cho’s blown and enameled work entitled Daily Round. Cho is a student at Southern Illinois University.