Black, like the night sky, is the base color for much of my work. I use Dichroic glass to create the vibrant colors. The properties of this glass cause it to change colors as light moves across it. Like the desert sky at dusk, I blend unusual combinations of these ever changing hues to create my pieces.
I was born and raised in Youngstown, Ohio, but moved away shortly after college. I have called Charlotte, San Diego, Columbus, So. Florida and now Scottsdale home. I used to say that I was mentally and emotionally from New York City, but there is something about this desert community that off and on for the last twenty years, I have come to call home. Maybe it’s the wide-open spaces, and a sense of the new and the unexplored, mixed with the ancient spiritual past. This is the place where I keep reinventing myself with such colorful adventures as a partner in a Special Event & Store Design company, the owner of a pair of photo shops, and of the course the founder of an International Frog Collectors Club.
My journey into the world of glass began in 1998, although almost unknowingly these were the first pieces I would seek out in Galleries. I find it interesting that glass is made mostly of Silica, which like my desert is sand. Strangely this desert oasis is not abundant with glass artists. Except for a few basic classes and seminars, I am basically self-taught. This allowed me the freedom to part from the norm and define my own style. I also apprenticed with Newt Grover, a local glass blower. As my studio grows, I will incorporate blown glass and other mediums into my work.
Bobby Harr
Fused & Kiln Formed Glass
6633 E. Greenway Pkwy. #1011
Scottsdale, AZ 85254
480-688-6470
bobby@bobbyharr.com