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Thank you for
your interest in my work. My name is Kevin Nail, I'm 30
yrs. old, my company
name is Stress Less Glass Art Co., and I now live
in Bend, OR. I began working with glass in mid '97 in
Seattle, WA. Originally I moved to Seattle to go to audio
school, but I met a
glass blower who was looking for an
apprentice so school took a back seat. Since I had an
interest in blowing glass already- it took off rather
quickly.
I became
interested in glass early on back in highschool, where my
best friend at the time had
a co-worker that was just beginning to teach himself how to
blow glass. We became friends with him and he gave us
small scraps and a few
clues
on what to do.
We had our
little Bernzomatic torches that we'd use, spending hours
melting those wonderful
scraps... for me it was in my bedroom in my parent's house
all night long as they slept- I was 17 :) My mom just
recently found out about
this and finally understood what all those little burn
marks all over the carpet in my room were from and we
shared a laugh about it.
I'm a
musician by nature- glass is actually pretty secondary to
my love of making music. I'm
working toward getting my music back to the forefront of my
life through my glass career- so keep your "ears open"!! I
play fret-less bass
guitar, drums, piano, and make electronic music as well as
hip hop beats with scratching
and other samples I compose.
My other
interests would be getting outdoors- I LOVE hiking and I
LOVE snowboarding... I wish I
could do more!! That along with astronomy- it's all the
same really, appreciating nature and it's wonder and
beauty.
I've always
been a big fan of physics-
I was an underachiever in school, because it was boring,
but in physics and math I did very well. To me, blowing
glass epitomizes a physics project of some sort every time
I melt it. Three spacial
dimensions- one time dimension, thermodynamics, and the
force of gravity constantly present... to be able to
manipulate it all at once- I find it to be quite
a rush in the intellectual realm!
I pride
myself on being different and make an extra effort to stand
out. I want to be known
for making work you don't see anywhere else.
I feel it's
my place in this world to make a mark of excellence by
standing out from the others
and by doing what I do best; making unique art with an
absolute attention to detail and originality.
Again I thank
you for the interest and wish you a great day!
peace,
Kevin
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