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"He's really ahead of the curve."
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Excerpt: “We've invented a language of glass" Berman cut his teeth on glass in Winnipeg, where he gew up in the family's jewellery business and first worked in leaded flass in the late 1970s. After a stint at the Pulchuk Glass School near Seattle, he set up a studio in Vancouver in 1980. He struggled during his early years, working from an old barn in suburban Richmond. Jones even remberes him selling glass earrings from his home. His early work largely reflected a local clientele and climate. His flass textures with Italian names link Onda (wave), Spruzzo (spray), and Pietra (rock) drew inspiration from Vancouver's natural setting, the mountains and water. |
He became known for graphical abstract lanscapes, doing interiors for corporate clients like the Jimmy Pattison Group, BC Hydro, and BC Gas, for whom he created the texture called Strata which resembles sedimentary rocks where natural gas is found. By the mid-nineties Berman's studio grew up and out of Vancouver. He got commissions for airport lounges in Toronto, and Mogens Smed, a Calgary furniture designer whom Berman describes as a mentor, convinced him to display his wares in 40 showrooms across North America. He grew bit by bit... |
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© 2007 Joel Berman Glass Studios International Ltd. Site Credits. |