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Driven Senseless

David Walters

EDUCATION

2005               Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1997                Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1994               Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
1993               BFA Glass, RISD, Providence, RI
                        Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1991                Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

BIOGRAPHY

David Walters was born in rural central Pennsylvania in 1968. He attended the Rhode Island School of Design where he received a BFA in Glass in 1993.

After graduation he moved to Seattle Washington to work for Dale Chihuly and many other prominent glassworkers in the Seattle area. He was the head Gaffer at Chihuly’s Boathouse from 1999-2001. In 1994, while employed at Chihuly Inc., he met Lino Tagliapietra. He began working with him and has assisted Lino for the past 14 years working and traveling with the Maestro. He’s been part of the core of Lino’s team since he began, and continues to be.

David has received several scholarships and gaffing positions from Pilchuck and two residencies from the Creative Glass Center of America in Millville NJ. One in 1995 and one in 2004. He also completed a residency at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma in the summer of 2007. He is in several prominent, private, and museum collections. He’s also traveled and demonstrated extensively around the country at several colleges and glass programs, as well as around the country and the world with Lino.

David’s own work focuses on the narrative. Utilizing familiar children’s stories, or fairy tales, he weaves into the stories a more personal interpretation in an allegorical and metaphorical style, while integrating blown form and image toward a common theme.

David Walters

EDUCATION

2005               Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1997                Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1994               Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
1993               BFA Glass, RISD, Providence, RI
                        Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1991                Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

BIOGRAPHY

David Walters was born in rural central Pennsylvania in 1968. He attended the Rhode Island School of Design where he received a BFA in Glass in 1993.

After graduation he moved to Seattle Washington to work for Dale Chihuly and many other prominent glassworkers in the Seattle area. He was the head Gaffer at Chihuly’s Boathouse from 1999-2001. In 1994, while employed at Chihuly Inc., he met Lino Tagliapietra. He began working with him and has assisted Lino for the past 14 years working and traveling with the Maestro. He’s been part of the core of Lino’s team since he began, and continues to be.

David has received several scholarships and gaffing positions from Pilchuck and two residencies from the Creative Glass Center of America in Millville NJ. One in 1995 and one in 2004. He also completed a residency at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma in the summer of 2007. He is in several prominent, private, and museum collections. He’s also traveled and demonstrated extensively around the country at several colleges and glass programs, as well as around the country and the world with Lino.

David’s own work focuses on the narrative. Utilizing familiar children’s stories, or fairy tales, he weaves into the stories a more personal interpretation in an allegorical and metaphorical style, while integrating blown form and image toward a common theme.

Driven Senseless

Driven Senseless

Driven Senseless

Driven Senseless

Dance of the Shmoo's

Dance of the Shmoo's

Small: 9 x 10", Tall: 9 x 22"

Calami-tea or Love Me, Hate Me, 2009

Calami-tea or Love Me, Hate Me, 2009

37 x 9 x 10”

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The Witness, 2014

The Witness, 2014

16.25 x 7.5 x 7.5", Blown and handpainted glass

Race to the Bottom 45, 2021

Race to the Bottom 45, 2021

Humpty 45 Car on Race Track with Plunger release mechanism hooked to the back of the car. Insurrection tribute. Jan 6 "stars" on the bottom of car. Approximately 6 feet tall. Blown glass, water jet cut and fabricated steel. Track is two components that screw together and the car is hooked on to the track by a hook. 

Russell Johnson photo

Race to the Bottom, (detail)

Race to the Bottom, (detail)

Warped View, 2021

Warped View, 2021

Humpty with MAGA Train coming through the mirror. Blown Glass Mirror and Steel. 

10 x 12 x 17", three Components

Russell Johnson photo 

Warped View, (detail)

Warped View, (detail)

Through the Looking Glass, 2021

Through the Looking Glass, 2021

Humpty with MAGA Cement Truck coming through the mirror. Blown Glass, Mirror, steel. Three components 

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