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The SCUFA
Welcome to my most recent project, the SCUFA [Self-Contained/
This project is a culmination of passionate research about glass flameworking history in America. I am fascinated with the stories of traveling families of glassblowers from the 1880’s- 1940’s. These families embraced women as craftspeople far before we are led to believe in the ‘dominant’ glass history. These men and women also traveled with vaudeville troupes and fairs in order to demo to the public- arguably the first performance glass making in front of the general public.
For me this pack answers the question “can a be a craftsperson and reject the idea of objects as endpoints.” I am using the SCUFA to demonstrate in public places (busking) and telling the stories of flame history in the process. As of now, objects will be made and given away but no money will be collected as that would put value on the object and detract from the value of the making process. This giving away of objects is also a callback to the traveling troupes who gave all there objects as door prizes (but collected money at the door).
Glass on Glass