{"id":49034,"date":"2022-03-28T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/?p=49034"},"modified":"2022-04-01T13:52:15","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T17:52:15","slug":"feature-artist-amanda-taylor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/feature-artist-amanda-taylor\/","title":{"rendered":"Feature Artist: Amanda Taylor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_49041\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49041\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49041\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Feature-Artist-duo-1-copy-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Feature-Artist-duo-1-copy-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Feature-Artist-duo-1-copy-2-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Feature-Artist-duo-1-copy-2-1024x445.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Feature-Artist-duo-1-copy-2-768x333.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Feature-Artist-duo-1-copy-2-810x352.jpg 810w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Feature-Artist-duo-1-copy-2-1140x495.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-49041\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(From left) Mountain Spring; Golden &amp; Crimson Fall S-Curve Sculpture. Amanda Taylor, artist<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By Gina Malone<\/p>\n<p>Glass artist Amanda Taylor tells a story from her childhood in Calgary, Canada that exemplifies her creativity and her approach to life. \u201cMy mother told me that when I was about two years old, she was gardening outside with me beside her,\u201d Taylor recounts. \u201cI got up and walked over to one of her huge peonies, grabbed it with both hands, stuck my face in it and proceeded to pull the flower from the stem, plunked myself on the ground and started to examine the flower. This early childhood story speaks volumes about how I live my life: Take it firmly in both hands, immerse myself completely in it and then take this experience with me on my journey through life.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_49037\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49037\" class=\"wp-image-49037\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Feature-Artist_-Amanda-Taylor-Winter-Forest-on-Blue.-Amanda-Taylor-artist-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Feature-Artist_-Amanda-Taylor-Winter-Forest-on-Blue.-Amanda-Taylor-artist-copy.jpg 713w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Feature-Artist_-Amanda-Taylor-Winter-Forest-on-Blue.-Amanda-Taylor-artist-copy-134x300.jpg 134w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Feature-Artist_-Amanda-Taylor-Winter-Forest-on-Blue.-Amanda-Taylor-artist-copy-456x1024.jpg 456w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Feature-Artist_-Amanda-Taylor-Winter-Forest-on-Blue.-Amanda-Taylor-artist-copy-684x1536.jpg 684w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-49037\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Winter Forest on Blue. Amanda Taylor, artist<\/p><\/div>\n<p>She grew up near the Canadian Rockies immersed in her parents\u2019 creative pursuits, and in her teen years she was driven to find out what she wanted to create, teaching herself antique furniture refinishing, and signing up for classes in photography, ceramics, painting, metalsmithing, fiber arts, stained glass, fused glass, gardening, wood burning, printmaking, wood block carving and cooking. \u201cMy thirst for creating was endless and still is to this day,\u201d Taylor says.<\/p>\n<p>This desire to create coexisted with a career as a geophysical technologist in the oil industry for more than 30 years. \u201cThe whole time I worked in the oil industry, I also had creative outlets,\u201d she says, \u201cand for the later part of that period I had my own studio in my home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taylor became fascinated by glass as soon as she discovered it. She began taking classes in kiln formed, or fused, glass in 1994 and traveled all over the US and to Italy to learn from some of the best artists in the world. Another way she absorbed the process was volunteering her time as an assistant to prominent glass artists. Once she became proficient in working with kiln formed glass, she found herself drawn to landscapes.<\/p>\n<p>In 2007, she and Lance Taylor, whom she met at a Hot Glass Horizons gathering in Corning, NY, founded Oatka School of Glass in Batavia, NY, and saw it become an internationally recognized glass school. There they hosted workshops educating beginners, professionals and every level in between, taught in-house classes on a range of techniques and offered community outreach programs as well.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, the couple decided to move to the Cattail Creek Community of Burnsville. \u201cWe found this amazing property with two hewn log structures,\u201d she says. \u201cOne is a 400-square-foot tiny house that we live in and the other was a completely empty 1600-square-foot, two-story structure that we turned into my glass studio.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_49038\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49038\" class=\"wp-image-49038\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Feature-Artist_-Amanda-Taylor-Amanda-Taylor-artist-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Feature-Artist_-Amanda-Taylor-Amanda-Taylor-artist-copy.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Feature-Artist_-Amanda-Taylor-Amanda-Taylor-artist-copy-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Feature-Artist_-Amanda-Taylor-Amanda-Taylor-artist-copy-1024x852.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Feature-Artist_-Amanda-Taylor-Amanda-Taylor-artist-copy-768x639.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Feature-Artist_-Amanda-Taylor-Amanda-Taylor-artist-copy-810x674.jpg 810w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Feature-Artist_-Amanda-Taylor-Amanda-Taylor-artist-copy-1140x949.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-49038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amanda Taylor, artist<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Taylor says that her friends call her the Energizer Bunny. She still teaches classes year-round and works at her craft every day. During the pandemic, she discovered that she enjoyed documenting her processes via live streaming and she now creates videos for her own YouTube channel. She also writes and sells e-books on techniques. \u201cTo put it simply, I absolutely love what I do and where I am in my life,\u201d she says. \u201cI feel blessed to be able to do what I do and to be in charge of my own way of working.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All of the elements within Taylor\u2019s glass sculptures are composed entirely of glass\u2014no paints or enamels\u2014whether she is creating smaller pieces like vessels or sconces, or larger works like the wall panels she created for the Prince of Wales Hotel in Ontario. The pieces require building elements of the design\u2014a tree, for instance\u2014in layers and then fusing them to 1,490 degrees Fahrenheit. \u201cWith these forms, I want to achieve a visual depth which would allow the viewer the sense of walking into and through the crafted landscape,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>Her work may be found at the Corning Museum of Glass in New York and Fallen Leaf Gallery in Canmore, Alberta, Canada. Regionally, she is represented by Southern Highland Craft Guild\u2019s (SHCG\u2019s) four galleries; Toe River Arts, in Spruce Pine; and Twigs &amp; Leaves Gallery, in Waynesville. Upcoming events include a demonstration and reception at SHCG Biltmore Village on Saturday, April 9, from 2\u20135 p.m.; open studio hours from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Mars Landing Galleries in Mars Hill on May 14; and participation in the Toe River Arts Studio Tour June 3\u20135.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel that everything I have accomplished in my lifetime has been a creative journey,\u201d Taylor says. \u201cEach moment in my life has brought me to this point and I happen to love this point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>To learn more, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/OatkaGlass.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OatkaGlass.com<\/a>. Visits by appointment can be arranged at Oatka Glass Studio, located at 311 Old Sawmill Road in Burnsville, and at Satellite Studio at Mars Landing Galleries in Mars Hill. Find Amanda Taylor on Facebook (oatkaglass, oatkaglassstudionc), on Instagram @amandataylorartist, @oatkaglassstudio and @oatka.glass.studio, on Pinterest at Oatka Glass Studio, on Twitter @oatkaglass and on Patreon (patreon.com\/oatkaglassstudio).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amanda Taylor became fascinated by glass as soon as she discovered it. 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