Fabrication
Artists Emily Endo and Michael Endo have been collaborating with artists and designers for over 20 years to fabricate individual artworks, designs, murals, public commissions and art installations in glass, paint, wood, textiles, fragrance and new media.
Examples of recent fabrication projects and clients included below.
Sula Bermúdez-Silverman
Sula Bermúdez-Silverman lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. We have been working with Sula since 2022 to translate her sculptural work into glass.
Recent solo exhibitions include Ichthyocentaur, Matthew Brown, Los Angeles, CA (2023); Here Be Dragons, Friends Indeed, San Francisco, CA (2022); Sighs and Leers and Crocodile Tears, Murmurs, Los Angeles, CA (2021); Neither Fish, Flesh, nor Fowl, California African American Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA (2020); Sutures, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX (2018); Reconstruction, Project Row Houses, Houston, TX (2015).
Ross Hansen
Ross Hansen is an artist, landscape and furniture designer based in Los Angeles, CA and Ojo Caliente, NM. We have been working with Ross since 2021 to create his sculptural tables in glass. Ross is represented by Volume Gallery. Recent solo exhibitions include Tino’s White Horses, Marta, Los Angeles, CA (2022) and Super Natural, Volume Gallery, Chicago, IL (2020).
Doug Forsberg
Doug Forsberg is an artist that splits his studio between Minneapolis and La Quinta, CA. His figurative and geometric sculptures are often carved from stone or cast in bronze. We have been working with Doug since 2019 to translate his work into cast glass.
Artwork pictured: What, 2021, Cast glass
Bullseye Projects / Zeinab Harding
The Somerset Table was created in collaboration with London-based wood carver Zeinab Harding and Portland-based Bullseye Projects. Working from a silicone mold of an original carving, High Desert Observatory created a reverse relief casting that captured the motif in crystal clear glass. Somerset Table debuted at Collect 2020, the UK’s premiere fair for craft and design.
Emily Counts
While developing a new body of work, Seattle-based artist Emily Counts sent us a series of wax forms to be cast in opaque glass. These forms were later incorporated into mixed media sculptures.
Heidi Schwegler
Known for working in a variety of materials, we worked with Heidi Schwegler to transform a distorted pillow into clear cast glass. Through consultation, Schwegler created the casting mold in her studio before bringing it to us to be fired in our studio kiln.
Carolyn Hopkins
Portland-based artist Carolyn Hopkins visited our studio to learning about glass fusing while completing components for a series of sculptures.
“Working with Michael was a breeze - he understood my vision and was able to show me the techniques I needed to implement in order to get the visuals effect I was aiming for. Michael is a wonderful instructor, patient and good at breaking processes down into steps.” - Carolyn Hopkins