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JOEL DAVID BLOOMBER
The Illuminated
Jellyfish
Series
JOEL DAVID BLOOMBER
Joel Bloomberg has been
designing and creating
sculptural and functional
artworks for galleries,
designers and collectors
since 1980.
Largely self-taught in
his glass designs,
Bloomberg earned degrees
from two of California’s
most respected glass
schools: Palomar College
(Associate of Arts
Degree in Chemistry and
Glass) and California
State University, Chico
(Bachelors Degree in
Glass and Sculpture).
The many site-specific
glass sculptures he has
created by commission
include those for the
city of West Hollywood,
CA; the Great American
Bank, San Diego; and the
Gesim Corporation,
Calabasas, CA. Joel Bloomberg’s work
has been shown at more
than 100 galleries and
museums in the United
States and Canada,
including the Downey
Museum of Art, CA; the
Los Angeles Museum of
Art, the Harvard
University Museum of
Natural History, and is
part of the permanent
collections of the White
House, Washington, DC;
and the Corning Museum
of Glass.
His Work is included in
major collections
throughout North
America, Japan, and
Europe.
The Illuminated Jellyfish
Series Joel Bloomberg’s
distinctively sculptural
jellyfish lamps are part
of an ongoing
exploration of the
vocabulary of glass; his
object being to create
designs and develop
techniques which use the
materials in new and
unexpected ways. Each
illuminated jellyfish is
unique in color, shape,
size, and appearance.
Each requires a complex
combination of blowing,
coldworking, and
lamination that
Bloomberg has perfected
over many years. “The
interplay of glass and
light” Bloomberg says,
“is fundamental to the
medium. Light can reveal
subtle qualities of
glass; glass transmits
and transforms light. In
many ways, glass work is
ultimately about light.”
JOEL DAVID BLOOMBER
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