Mary shaffer biography
Mary shaffer biography
Mary shaffer biography images!
Mary Shaffer
American artist (born )
For the American writer, see Mary Ann Shaffer.
Not to be confused with Mary Schäffer.
Mary Shaffer | |
|---|---|
| Born | (age&#;77&#;78) Walterboro, South Carolina, US |
| Alma&#;mater | Rhode Island School of Design |
| Known&#;for | Studio glass |
Mary Shaffer (born )[1] is an American artist who has worked primarily with glass since the s.[2] She was an early artist in the American Studio Glass Movement.
Her works often take slumped (or molten) form, in which found objects are embedded in the glass.[3] She has work in the collections of the Corning Museum of Glass and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[4]
Life
Shaffer was born in in Walterboro, South Carolina,[5] and grew up in South America.
She studied illustration and painting, earning her B.F.A. in Illustration in from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).[6][7]
Shaffer has taught at RISD, Wellesley College, and N