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Christopher Ries

Christopher Ries (Born 1952) is active/lives in Wisconsin, Ohio.  Christopher Ries is known for Contemporary glass sculpture.

Christopher Ries, born 1952, received a BFA from the Ohio State University, and an MFA from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. While at Madison, he was the personal assistant to Harvey K. Littleton, who is considered by many to be the father of the 20th century Studio Glass Movement. 

Ries began sculpting cold glass in the late 1970's. Using tools of his own creation, he cuts, grinds, and polishes blocks of pure lead crystal acquired from Schott Glass Technologies of Pennsylvania. His sculptures range in size from a few inches high to life-size.  Some of his works are unique as the largest, single pieces of sculpted crystal known.

Unlike most glass artists, Ries neither blows nor laminates glass. Rather, he works in the traditional reductive sculptural mode, employing the same techniques used in stone sculpting. Starting with a block of solid optical glass and reducing it to his desired form, he creates luminous works, which are characterized   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3647 characters.]  Artist bio

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