Marlene Rose

Marlene Rose (born December 5, 1967) is an American glass sculptor. She specializes in sandcast glass work, a method inspired by bronze casting, and is a pioneer of the glass art equivalent.

Early life and education Rose graduated from Tulane University, acquiring a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honors in Glass. She then acquired a Master of Fine Arts at the California College of Arts and Crafts. She also studied at the Pilchuck Glass School founded by Dale Chihuly and Anne Gould Hauberg. Rose is among the first artists to use traditional bronze casting methods with glass, having used and developed such practices since the 1980s.

On September 29, 2019, Rose was featured on a segment of CBS News Sunday Morning titled "Glass Cast in Sand", where she was interviewed by Lee Cowan.

Technique Rose's usual glass-making technique is inspired by bronze casting. Rose pours molten glass – which she refers to as "lava" – into a sand mold, then waits upwards of six days for her pieces to cool in the oven before removing the piece from the mold. 2011: "Buddha Wall": glass, steel, and copper 2011: "Merlot Compass Rose Butterfly": sandcast glass, steel, copper 2020: "Double Pointy Bell Tower": sandcast glass, steel

Exhibitions

January 10 to February 23, 2014: Morean Arts Center, "Keep It Glassy, St. Pete!: Glass in the Sunshine City", Tampa, Florida 2015: Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, "Fired: Glass", Arvada, Colorado 2019: Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Marlene Rose: Cultural Blueprints, Fort Wayne, Indiana National Gallery of Foreign Art, Sofia, Bulgaria