WORKING GLASS 2024
WORKING GLASS 2024
Published by Bullseye Glass Co.
3610 SE 21st Avenue Portland, Oregon 97202 bullseyeglass.com
© 2024 Bullseye Glass Co.
On the Cover: Artwork by Bonnie Celeste, Cover to Cover
Photography by Hanmi Meyer (except where noted)
Graphic Design by Alison Foshée Moorhead
To inquire about the artists, or the artworks shown, please contact Bullseye Projects. projects@bullseyeglass.com bullseyeprojects.com
Bullseye employees do a lot with Bullseye glass: they melt it, roll it, sell it, package it, ship it, and teach the world ways to work with it. But they also love working with it themselves. Working Glass is proof.
Since 2001, this exhibition of internal work— made after hours, often in employee studios or at home—has demonstrated why one of Bullseye’s first slogans remains truer than ever.
Bullseye glass: made by artists, for artists.
AWARD WINNERS
GOLD AWARD
Jamie Burress
DEPARTMENT QUALITY CONTROL
JOB TITLE QUALITY CONTROL AT BULLSEYE SINCE 2023
About the artwork.
Fused glass mosaic on wood, grouted with black grout.
Briefly describe your job at Bullseye. The best job! Cutting the hot, beautiful glass!
What is the one thing that you could not live without?
Pepperoni pizza... and oxygen.
If you could have a superpower, what would it be?
Time travel, of course!
How do you like to spend your free time?
Making glass art!
If you could visit any place in the world, what would it be and why?
Turkey. I am obsessed with all the underground man-made caves.
Share a favorite memory from your time working at Bullseye. All my time at Bullseye has been magical. I love all my co-workers and they will always remain lifelong friends.
Bonnie Celeste
DEPARTMENT
RESEARCH & EDUCATION
JOB TITLE INSTRUCTOR / TECHNICIAN AT BULLSEYE SINCE 1999
About the artwork. Often considered covetable, collectible, informative, and nostalgic to those in the know, the scale of these pieces is loosely based on Observer’s Books—a series published in the UK (1937-2003). One of my interests in books comes from recognizing them in personal collections and as artifacts as they move from one owner to another. Groupings and arrangements are flexible.
Briefly describe your job at Bullseye. I’m part of the teaching team and help to develop and deliver a slice of Bullseye’s educational content. Current projects include making cold shop tool orientation videos, updating technical documents, and leading studio sessions of Infinite Image Factory.
What is the one thing that you could not live without?
Seeing the ocean every once in a while.
How do you like to spend your free time?
I love a good thrifting session, and developing my vintage shop on Etsy. Studio time.
If you could visit any place in the world, what would it be and why?
I’d like to experience Japan someday with my family. In no particular order, food, culture, city and landscapes delight.
Share a favorite memory from your time working at Bullseye. No one memory stands out, but I’m so thankful for being in the mix of color, character, science, and creativity here at Bullseye and for all of the great people along the way. I recommend cooking in kilns as a group activity and seeing the warehouse in summer with early evening light.
AWARD
Jeremy Fisher
DEPARTMENT MAINTENANCE
JOB TITLE ENGINEER AT BULLSEYE SINCE 2019
About the artwork.
In a world where technology often prioritizes functionality over aesthetics, we dare to defy convention. Our loudspeakers are not just objects that produce sound; they are meticulously designed pieces that elevate any space they inhabit. Each speaker is a testament to the marriage of engineering and artistry, meticulously crafted to deliver unparalleled sound quality while doubling as stunning works of art. Glass makes great loud speakers, who would have thought...?
Briefly describe your job at Bullseye. I help the people who make the glass.
What is the one thing that you could not live without?
Oxygen.
If you could have a superpower, what would it be?
Flight, but the kind that can work in space too.
How do you like to spend your free time?
What?
If you could visit any place in the world, what would it be and why?
Hawaii #beach.
LES YEUX ET LES OREILLES premium Bullseye Glass, quartersawn Oregon Black Walnut base, pure copper wires, high fidelity drivers
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× 22˝ each
Todd Beaty
DEPARTMENT MAINTENANCE
JOB TITLE MECHANIFABRICATO
BUILDABREAKA LAFFASAURUS REX AT BULLSEYE SINCE 2009
About the artwork. An atonal tune plucked by the worm’s tickled teeth, languidly lounging along a long balmy sunset beach. From the depths of the darkness, thrust an aurora so gentle, so sweet. It’s as though the ship’s not sinking, and we aren’t who we eat.
Briefly describe your job at Bullseye. Let’s fix some stuff so we can do some things!
What is the one thing that you could not live without?
A cold glass of chocolate milk when I’m hungover. Fuck that’s good.
If you could have a superpower, what would it be?
Telekinesis and don’t even think for a second that I would use my power for the good of humanity. Anyone who tells you otherwise is a liar.
How do you like to spend your free time?
I spend my time tip toeing the tightrope of a vibrant universe, infinitely entertained by how I am still alive to soak it all up.
If you could visit any place in the world, what would it be and why? Barcelona seems like it was Antoni Gaudi’s playground. Let me at it.
Share a favorite memory from your time working at Bullseye. That time when Jeremy blew the roof off the party with his sick-ass glass speakers at the Working Glass 2024 reception. And you thought he couldn’t top the cat butthole.
Coltyn Cody
DEPARTMENT QUALITY CONTROL
JOB TITLE TEKTA END-OF-LINE AT BULLSEYE SINCE 2023
About the artwork. This piece exists thanks to William, Connor, and Jamie, who provided the knowledge, support, and materials to make an ambitious first project. The work is an ode to springtime and a reckoning with the exciting dissonance between propagation and renewal, progression and regression. Glass is a static, inorganic material, itself in tension with the ephemerality symbolized by flowers and rabbits, and I wanted to use glass to immortalize that moment of dissonance, make it so the flowers never have to wither for the sake of the roots and so the rabbit can bleed forever but never run dry.
Briefly describe your job at Bullseye. I break the glass with quickness and pizzazz, then inspect it for any flaws before packing it into a crate, which I also built.
What is the one thing that you could not live without?
My controversial but nuanced opinions.
If you could have a superpower, what would it be?
I’d like to stop time, and I’d use that power to nap when needed so that I can stop wasting time being asleep. How do you like to spend your free time?
I read, I bike around, I watch silly movies, I observe my rabbits, and I make a lot of art.
If you could visit any place in the world, what would it be and why?
I’d like to go somewhere so secret that even I don’t know where.
Share a favorite memory from your time working at Bullseye. My favorite memory is the moment when I felt empowered to finally start claiming and taking home the free glass.
Shannon McAlerney
DEPARTMENT QUALITY CONTROL
JOB TITLE DEPARTMENT LEAD AT BULLSEYE SINCE 2021
About the artwork. There are Amanita mushrooms growing on Bullseye property. In the autumn they pop up along a chain-link fence, nearly hidden under the leaf litter. Last fall, I decided to make a spore print on a piece of glass. I placed the mushroom cap on glass and allowed it to sit undisturbed overnight. The spores collected on the surface of the glass, making a sharp image of the gills. The obvious next question was, can I fuse this and retain the image? Would the spores burn off in the kiln?
I began experimenting with different styles of glass and firing schedules. What started as white spores on copper blue glass and capped with a style of glass that reacts with the copper, transformed dramatically after fusing. Silvery remnants of organic material were surrounded by a rich red crackled pattern. Then I discovered the backlit view. It was reminiscent of looking through a microscope (or a telescope!) into a strange new world.
When the amanita mushroom flush was over, I began using other sporeproducing specimens—lichen and ferns. Ancient organisms that preceded flowering plants and animals by millions of years.
A primordial garden encased in glass, fused in fire.
Briefly describe your job at Bullseye. In QC, we inspect each sheet of glass produced in the Bullseye factory. We look for imperfections, color accuracy, and make sure it fuses properly. We view the glass with both reflected light and transmitted light, which is something I wanted to incorporate in my Working Glass submission.
installed dimensions variable @wanderflechten
THE PRIMORDIAL GARDEN fused glass, mushroom spores, fern frond, and lichen two panels: 12˝ × 12˝ × 3˝ two panels: 13˝ × 5.25˝ × 1.75˝
Amber Clenaghen
DEPARTMENT RESOURCE CENTER PORTLAND
JOB TITLE ASSISTANT STORE MANAGER AT BULLSEYE SINCE 2023
About the artwork.
An oval-shaped piece of kilnformed glass with a series of dark circular patterns. These patterns are pennies contained within the glass in chronological order from 1984 to 2023. The explosion of the copper and zinc from the pennies shows the beginning of the alchemical process of the creation of brass, an alloy. The patina of each penny adds to the visual narrative. This piece is a tangible representation of time, evolution, and continuity. The unification of individual moments into a collective history or singular object.
Briefly describe your job at Bullseye. I assist in the day-to-day operations of the Portland Resource Center.
What is the one thing that you could not live without? Nature.
If you could have a superpower, what would it be?
I would choose to be invisible.
How do you like to spend your free time?
Reading, writing, documenting, and exploring.
If you could visit any place in the world, what would it be and why?
Ireland. The majority of my ancestral DNA is from there and I have always wondered what it would feel like to be there.
Share a favorite memory from your time working at Bullseye. There are too many to count. Every day in the Portland Resource Center is an adventure.
BRONZE AWARD
Kim Sharp
DEPARTMENT RESEARCH & EDUCATION
JOB TITLE RESEARCH & EDUCATION COORDINATOR AT BULLSEYE SINCE 2017
About the artwork.
The Cosco step stool is an item that is instantly recognizable and familiar to most Americans, having been part of the landscape of childhood and as an item sought out when transitioning from child to parent. It can be seen as a throne of sorts for the kitchen, a special chair within the house. As a symbol of both childhood and parenthood, I find it quite apt; it is there to help and support, it is sturdy and reliable, so functional, it is the idea of a step stool as well as the object. This piece is simply a moment to shine a light on the quietly reliable, the invisible but present, the parents, and the step stools.
Briefly describe your job at Bullseye. I perform baseline and material testing, help troubleshoot customer tech questions, maintain studio equipment, draft educational support materials, host online Zoom class sessions, and am slowly cataloging historic glass samples and testing materials.
THE KITCHEN THRONE stained glass, metal, light 37˝ × 16˝ × 3.5˝ @kimlylesharp
BRONZE AWARD
Brian True-Rook
DEPARTMENT PRODUCTION
JOB TITLE BATCH AT BULLSEYE SINCE 2021
About the artwork.
My wife (Rianne) and our son (Elliot) snuggled up in a Klimt blanket. Hiding and waiting to jump out and surprise little Abigail once she is born.
Briefly describe your job at Bullseye. Sand, sand, and more sand.
What is one thing you could not live without?
My family.
NEWCOMER AWARD
William Reichle
DEPARTMENT PRODUCTION 2
JOB TITLE TEKTA AT BULLSEYE SINCE 2023
About the artwork.
Inspired by The Drop of Joy project, an initiative to make the art of stained glass more accessible to members of our communities who are in the midst of struggle. The project partners with businesses and nonprofit organizations to distribute stained glass droplets. Regardless of life circumstances, everyone deserves to have access to the wonder and beauty of stained glass.
Acknowledgements: Jamie Burress for directing me towards using this idea for the show. Coltyn Cody for his support in the assembly process. Robert James for providing the resources to allow the screenprinted design to come into reality. Sarah Douglass for assistance in guiding me to this space for installation.
Briefly describe your job at Bullseye. Dishing and serving hot lava from the glass gods.
What is the one thing that you could not live without? Joy.
If you could have a superpower, what would it be?
To imagine and conjure matter and energy into being.
How do you like to spend your free time?
Empowering other people to create.
If you could visit any place in the world, what would it be and why?
Greece. For the food, the vistas, and my heritage.
Share a favorite memory from your time working at Bullseye. Collectively, the connections I have fostered with the people I work with.
CEO’s CHOICE
Dijenaire
Crijuan Frazier
DEPARTMENT RESOURCE CENTER PORTLAND
JOB TITLE GLASS SLANGER AT BULLSEYE SINCE 2014
Briefly describe your job at Bullseye. Informing folks in glass knowledge.
What is the one thing that you could not live without?
Family.
If you could have a superpower, what would it be?
Shape Shifter.
How do you like to spend your free time?
Reaching new levels Body, Mind, and Soul! Always changing myself.
If you could visit any place in the world, what would it be, and why?
Tiger’s Nest, to study the ways of Buddhism.
NUMQUAM
PRESIDENT’s CHOICE
Christopher Greer
DEPARTMENT PRODUCTION 1
JOB TITLE CASTER AT BULLSEYE SINCE 2023
Briefly describe your job at Bullseye. Casting, flipping, and carrying the sheets used to make all these fused glass artworks.
EXHIBITING ARTISTS
Joy Abedikichi
DEPARTMENT SALES
JOB TITLE NEW BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AT BULLSEYE SINCE 2018
About the artwork. A well-designed object or environment has the power to transform and inspire us. This series is about utilizing scraps of precious material, playing with transparency and light, and creating a little magic for those at the table.
Briefly describe your job at Bullseye. I help new and returning customers fall in love with Bullseye Glass.
What is the one thing that you could not live without?
Oxygen.
How do you like to spend your free time?
Peacefully.
QUILT NO. 4 slumped glass 13˝ × 13˝ × 0.25˝ @joykichiart
If you could visit any place in the world, what would it be, and why?
Maybe Japan! I love Japanese art, architecture, food, gardens, fashion, and culture.
Share a favorite memory from your time working at Bullseye.
I love hosting Explore Bullseye sessions! Watching the group’s delight grow each day is inspiring, and we all looove the casting floor.
Jillian Aspholm
DEPARTMENT MAINTENANCE
JOB TITLE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT AT BULLSEYE SINCE 2023
About the artwork. I love leaf.
Briefly describe your job at Bullseye. I make sure the maintenance team is happy and has everything they need.
What is the one thing that you could not live without?
Soup, I love soup.
If you could have a superpower, what would it be?
I want souperpower, soup all the time anytime.
How do you like to spend your free time?
Free time ha! Is it really free if you are spending it? I spend my time being silly with my friends, making art, fire dancing, gardening, and eating.
SNAKE GRASS kilnformed glass 36˝ × 34˝ × 18˝ (installed) @popkorn.qween
If you could visit any place in the world, what would it be, and why?
I would like to be on the southern coast of Mexico spending all day surfing and eating tacos.
Share a favorite memory from your time working at Bullseye. Ugly sweater fashion show was lit.
Max Bailey
DEPARTMENT PRODUCTION 1
JOB TITLE CASTER AT BULLSEYE SINCE 2023
About the artwork.
I began intending to cast a hockey goalie’s mask out of glass—that was the premise: a piece of facial safety equipment made out of glass, which I thought was funny nonsense. I used the lost-wax technique to realize this. However, in the weeks-long process, I began experimenting variously with materials in the silicone mold from which I cast the wax pattern. Out of this came a plastic ‘version’ of the same mask. Also, in the meantime I was producing random experimental glass artworks, mostly in white glass. Once the originally-intended glass cast came out of the kiln, I had by then a wealth of smaller glass work—and, frankly, a not-quite-successful cast. The process as a whole became more interesting to me than any one single
GOALTENDER cast glass, thermoplastic 6˝ × 19.5˝ × 22.5˝ @maxabailey
Steven Bond
DEPARTMENT MELTER
JOB TITLE MELTER LEAD AT BULLSEYE SINCE 2019
piece and by some compulsion I began to arrange everything together as a kind of assemblage and what rang out to me was that the proper place for these artworks individually, would be together. So, with time, inexperience, experimentation, and some curatorial muscle, came Goaltender.
Briefly describe your job at Bullseye. I ladle the hot glass from the furnaces and cast it through the rolling mill into sheets. A lot of choreography, cardio, and carefulness.
Briefly describe your job at Bullseye. Turning lead into gold.
Grahm DePouw
DEPARTMENT PRODUCTION 1
JOB TITLE CASTER AT BULLSEYE SINCE 2015
Carson Dietiker
DEPARTMENT QUALITY CONTROL
JOB TITLE QUALITY CONTROL AT BULLSEYE SINCE 2023
About the artwork. My inspiration for this piece came from mental images of eyes ‘blossoming’ from cracks in a glass sheet, as if it had become sick. I wanted them to appear in multitude and depth, and with the power to break the sheet to pieces and consume it.
Briefly describe your job at Bullseye. Receiving and cutting glass sheets to size. Using plain and crosspolarized light to grade sheets for quality and fusibility.
LUNAR BOWL kilnformed glass 2˝ × 16˝ × 14.5˝
Hannah Gulick
DEPARTMENT RESEARCH & EDUCATION
JOB TITLE INSTRUCTOR / PRESENTER AT BULLSEYE SINCE 2022
About the artwork.
I’ve always loved fantasy books, and consistently found myself more drawn to books that included fantastical maps in their opening pages. I chose a few of my favorite worlds to print on glass, but glass alone cannot contain such worlds, so they have begun encroaching on our world, spilling out of their frames in tokens and fragments.
Briefly describe your job at Bullseye. I teach classes, TA for other instructors, develop new educational content, edit video lessons, and make social media reels.
What is the one thing that you could not live without?
Books.
ATLAS VITRUM , screenprinted powder, mixed media
10.5˝ × 12.5˝ × 2˝ installed dimensions variable @benannainjapan
If you could have a superpower, what would it be?
Animal and/or feature shape shifting.
How do you like to spend your free time?
Reading and video games whenever I can!
If you could visit any place in the world, what would it be, and why?
Egypt because I’ve been a sucker for ancient Egyptian culture since The Mummy (1999)
Share a favorite memory from your time working at Bullseye. Hard to pick one, but I’d say meeting Rui Sasaki when she came to Bullseye because she is so cool and her work was very interesting to see being made.
Kathryn Hammil
DEPARTMENT RESOURCE CENTER NEW YORK
JOB TITLE SALES / STUDIO INSTRUCTOR AT BULLSEYE SINCE 2021
About the artwork.
Ever since I started at Bullseye, I’ve wanted to make threedimensional mushrooms. I’ve always loved garden gnomes, frogs, and all things woodland fairytale. SilkeMat is awesome.
Briefly describe your job at Bullseye. I sell glass and supplies to artists and hobbyists, teach classes, and help folks in the studio.
What is the one thing that you could not live without?
Garlic.
If you could have a superpower, what would it be?
Superspeed! I’ve been watching too much Smallville lately.
JUST MUSHROOMS, NO CAP kilnformed glass 3.25˝ × 4.25˝ × 4.25˝ installed dimensions variable @stardustandpineneedles
How do you like to spend your free time?
Besides rewatching the cheesy CW shows of my youth, I like to paint outside and go thrifting with friends.
If you could visit any place in the world, what would it be, and why?
I’d love to visit Lisbon to see the Azulejo tiles....and eat some pastries.
Robert James
DEPARTMENT BULLSEYE STUDIO
JOB TITLE FABRICATOR / TECHNICIAN AT BULLSEYE SINCE 2022
About the artwork.
This work is based on a photo of some Hens and Chicks succulents in my backyard. The image was created with five layers of powder-printed glass.
Briefly describe your job at Bullseye. Making rad stuff! Being new in Studio, my job right now is more LEARNING HOW to make rad stuff.
What is the one thing that you could not live without?
Music.
If you could have a superpower, what would it be and why?
Telekinesis.
PLANT-BASED powder-printed and coldworked glass, rope, wood
28˝ × 12˝ × 4.5˝ (installed) @siverblack
How do you like to spend your free time?
Hanging out with my honey, drawing, working in the printmaking studio, making lists.
If you could visit any place in the world, what would it be, and why?
Tikal in Guatemala. The old Mayan cities are fascinating, and I’ve wanted to go there ever since I saw a glimpse of it in Star Wars Episode IV.
Share a favorite memory from your time working at Bullseye. Snack Inferno!
Aidan Joseph
DEPARTMENT RESOURCE CENTER PORTLAND
JOB TITLE SALES ASSOCIATE AT BULLSEYE SINCE 2024
About the artwork.
This piece is an homage to one of my favorite Zelda games as a child, Majora’s Mask . This piece is the mirror shield from the game, and it’s something that’s always intrigued me because of its weird and creepy nature, both the shield and the game as a whole. It’s something that I’ve strived to make a real-life version of ever since I was a kid.
Briefly describe your job at Bullseye. New hire this year in the RC, so I’m up front helping customers and ringing up their sales. Answering phone calls and emails, answering tech questions, providing feedback to customers.
What is the one thing that you could not live without? Cats.
YOU’VE MET WITH A TERRIBLE FATE, HAVEN’T YOU? stained glass
8˝ × 8˝ × 0.25˝ @bdan_blows
If you could have a superpower, what would it be and why?
Befriend all cats.
How do you like to spend your free time?
Hanging out at home with my girlfriend mostly, playing video games, working on glass projects.
If you could visit any place in the world, what would it be, and why?
Probably Murano in Italy so I could experience firsthand the rich glass/ glassblowing culture.
Share a favorite memory from your time working at Bullseye. Honestly, just hanging out up front and having a good time so far with my coworkers (I only have like 3 weeks here ATM.)
Kevin Kanyo
DEPARTMENT RESOURCE CENTER PORTLAND
JOB TITLE SALES ASSOCIATE AT BULLSEYE SINCE 2023
About the artwork. It is hard to achieve symmetry during the combing process. I lucked out with this piece with so many pulls and pushes.
Briefly describe your job at Bullseye. I work at the Portland Resource Center assisting customers with purchases, loading, and project information.
What is the one thing that you could not live without? Coffee.
If you could have a superpower, what would it be and why?
Ideally, the power to heal myself and others.
BLOOM
Neil Kemper
DEPARTMENT PRODUCTION 1
JOB TITLE CASTER AT BULLSEYE SINCE 2023
How do you like to spend your free time?
What’s that? lol. Creating with glass, playing with my two Great Danes, and gardening.
If you could visit any place in the world, what would it be, and why? Italy without a time schedule. To experience all the art and culture at a relaxed place.
Share a favorite memory from your time working at Bullseye. I am too new to have one yet.
About the artwork. Inspired by my corgi.
Briefly describe your job at Bullseye. Throwing lava.
Jesse Korlin
DEPARTMENT PRODUCTION 2
JOB TITLE TEKTA AT BULLSEYE SINCE 2023
About the artwork.
Making this piece was a big learning process for me. I’m new to the glass world and also new to laser cutting. Lots of “mistakes” and broken pieces led to the final product being something I’m really excited about. It was a practice of “trust the process.”
Briefly describe your job at Bullseye. I’m part of the team that casts the big architectural sheets of glass, typically clear and sometimes white. We use a buggy-assisted, large ladle to pull the glass from the furnace and cast onto a set of rollers that the loader then loads onto the lehr.
What is the one thing that you could not live without?
Music!
FRACTURING CASCADES: MULTNOMAH FALLS THROUGH STAINED GLASS AND LASER-CUT WOOD
stained glass and laser-cut wood 24˝ × 12˝ × 1˝
@J.korr
If you could have a superpower, what would it be and why?
Controlling the space-time continuum.
How do you like to spend your free time?
I like playing music, video games with friends, and exploring nature.
If you could visit any place in the world, what would it be, and why?
Area 51, or wherever they’re keeping the aliens.
Share a favorite memory from your time working at Bullseye. When I first started, walking through the shelves with sheets. It was mesmerizing seeing the palette of colors and designs. Never having worked with glass before, everything looked like a different flavor of candy to me.
Steve Lechleiter
DEPARTMENT PRODUCTION
JOB TITLE BATCH SUPERVISOR AT BULLSEYE SINCE 2009
About the artwork.
This piece was inspired by the beautiful designs of Steve Immerman.
If you could have a superpower, what would it be and why?
That I could fly. I was an active skydiver for eight years. I guess that is similar to flying vertically.
How do you like to spend your free time?
Cycling.
If you could visit any place in the world, what would it be, and why?
An African Safari. I enjoy seeing wild animals in their natural habitat.
TUNDRA
Skyler McCaughey
DEPARTMENT BULLSEYE STUDIO
JOB TITLE FABRICATION LEAD AT BULLSEYE SINCE 2016
Briefly describe your job at Bullseye. We make stuff out of the glass!
Hanmi Meyer
DEPARTMENT SALES & MARKETING
ROCKET LAMP stained glass and wood 14.5˝ × 9˝ × 9˝ @space_cat_studios
JOB TITLE PHOTOGRAPHER / VIDEOGRAPHER / WEB MONKEY AT BULLSEYE SINCE 2018
About the artwork.
Inspired by the mid-century stylings of the atomic age, the Rocket Lamp is a retro-modern take on the stained glass accent lamp. Cut from a curious non-fusible sheet of 2176 that fades from more blue to more green and framed on a rocket base made of reclaimed carpathian walnut. But the real joy comes from turning the lamp on and seeing the glowing, misty mountain-scapes in the glass that recall traditional Asian paintings.
Briefly describe your job at Bullseye. Make pictures, videos, websites...
What is the one thing that you could not live without?
Being able to create. The medium is less important than scratching the itch to make something, anything really.
If you could have a superpower, what would it be and why?
Fly/defy gravity at will.
How do you like to spend your free time?
I’m usually either gathering inspiration or making something.
If you could visit any place in the world, what would it be and why?
I think it would be magical to dive with the whale sharks and manta rays in The Maldives.
Share a favorite memory from your time working at Bullseye.
My very first conversation with Dan was one for the books, but my mind is chock full of fun memories while working at Bullseye!
James Nickerson
DEPARTMENT PRODUCTION 3
JOB TITLE ROD PRODUCTION AT BULLSEYE SINCE SHOULD BE 2022 THIS TIME...
About the artwork.
This all started because so many people asked me, “How do people use ribbon in their art?” It got me curious. After some experimentation, I found this ‘shingle’ technique that I loved the look of. Aesthetically, I wanted to give the viewer a sense of two worlds coming together; an act of violent creation, balance and off-balance movement, and the internal tension that exists in all things. I see art, creation, and spirituality as inseparable. It’s taking the time to allow the spiritual world to manifest onto the physical plane of existence.
Briefly describe your job at Bullseye. I make skinny glass.
AS ABOVE, SO BELOW kilnformed glass, steel, salvaged mahogany
36˝ × 18.5˝ × 18.5˝ @james.west.glass
Kristen Rawson
DEPARTMENT BULLSEYE STUDIO
JOB TITLE FABRICATOR / TECHNICIAN AT BULLSEYE SINCE 2016
About the artwork. I’m really interested in the areas where stained glass and fused glass meet. I love super chunky foiled pieces and decided to throw in kilnforming because I forgot how time works. I really didn’t know what this piece was going to look like until I finished it.
Briefly describe your job at Bullseye. Making beautiful and often quite large things out of glass.
What is the one thing that you could not live without?
Curiosity.
If you could have a superpower, what would it be?
Master Gardener.
POCKET DIMENSION #34
fused and copper-foiled glass 11˝ × 14˝ × 3.5˝ (installed) @pestermystic
How do you like to spend your free time?
Making stuff and growing stuff with my favorite human.
If you could visit any place in the world, what would it be and why?
Edinburgh. It’s beautiful and I love it.
Share a favorite memory from your time working at Bullseye.
During COVID, Skyler, Dustin and I having a beer after work one Friday evening. We were sitting like 10 feet apart out on the loading dock and there were so many people out walking or biking but few cars and it was super quiet. It felt normal in a situation that was anything but.
Jon Rees
DEPARTMENT BULLSEYE STUDIO
JOB TITLE STUDIO MANAGER AT BULLSEYE SINCE 2024
About the artwork. The imagery is a result of collaboration with the AI diffusion platform Midjourney. It was asked to imagine a city based on the book Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino. This prompt, run through various permutations, has resulted in a collection of carefully curated images that to me, represents the ideas in Calvino’s book utilizing a surreal aesthetic.
Briefly describe your job at Bullseye. Facilitating projects for artists, architects, and designers.
What is the one thing that you could not live without? Nature.
CONVERSATIONS WITH CALVINO screenprinted and kiln-worked glass
16.5˝ × 24.25˝ × 0.5˝ @jonmrees
If you could have a superpower, what would it be?
I have one......plants love me :)
How do you like to spend your free time?
Hiking, gardening, making art, hanging out with my partner and dogs.
If you could visit any place in the world, what would it be and why?
Frauenau...German summer art camp in the Bavarian forest with beer vending machines :) (This is a bucket list item of mine)
Share a favorite memory from your time working at Bullseye. Snack Inferno community lunch in the Studio.
Tim Rys
DEPARTMENT PRODUCTION
JOB TITLE HOT END FLOOR MANAGER AT BULLSEYE SINCE 1998
About the artwork. This piece was really an experiment. I had been working on a series of tack-fused mosaic panels using simple palettes of color, playing with scale and perspective. I flipped the script on this panel. I had this dramatic, exaggerated, hand-rolled ripple sheet I made a few years back and wanted to see what kind of action I could get with the texture. Frankly, I used the wildest sheet I had as the base. I fused the panel and set it upon the upright piano in our front room where most pieces find themselves fresh out of the kiln. At first, the piece read quite ugly to me but I couldn’t stop looking at it. I love how the light manipulates the textures and how it moves as the light wanes throughout the day. I have been affectionately referring to it as “The Big Ugly.”
TEXTURED CONTOUR FUSE #1, THE BIG UGLY
Briefly describe your job at Bullseye. Setting the factory up for success and solving problems along the way.
Share a favorite memory from your time working at Bullseye.
I have memories of my first day on the casting floor. We were casting pies out of Tank 4 at 4:00 am. The two other casters gave me the ladle and said, “Go for it!” It was hot and dangerous but completely exhilarating. I was hooked.
hand-rolled fused glass
Ted Sawyer
DEPARTMENT RESEARCH & EDUCATION
JOB TITLE DIRECTOR AT BULLSEYE SINCE 1997
About the artwork.
An exploration of layering colors that one would expect to produce brown if not for the intercession of a modifying color to create resonant and complex hues on a form that appears to be both poised and in motion.
Briefly describe your job at Bullseye. Turning research outcomes from a range of projects into educational materials.
Charlie Tellessen
DEPARTMENT PRODUCTION
JOB TITLE GLASS CHEMIST IN TRAINING AT BULLSEYE SINCE 2002
About the artwork. This is the second piece in my current Explore series. I am exploring ways to control glass flow and create depth to express ideas and images that come from nature. This piece is a reflection of time spent on snow, creating the appearance of depth found in ice caves. I wanted to create something that felt as though it was cut out of nature and transported home. I have included an element of driftwood that I found exploring the beaches of Washington; the softness and uncontrolled beauty in the driftwood feels natural with the rigidness of the glass.
Briefly describe your job at Bullseye. I am currently training with Sam to learn all of the ins and outs of our glass chemistry, while also assisting in the training and development of the quality control department.
What is the one thing that you could not live without?
National Forests. We spend a lot of time as a family exploring national forests, from skiing in the winter to hiking in the summer and huckleberry picking in the fall. I have a few spots in the forest where I can just be and let the daily stressors of life melt away. I also find a lot of inspiration for my artwork while out in nature.
If you could have a superpower, what would it be?
Teleportation. A way to escape as needed to salvage whatever peace of mind I may have left.
How do you like to spend your free time?
Free time?
Share a favorite memory from your time working at Bullseye.
Developing a new color/style and seeing artists make work with it.
Pre-Covid we had some really fun new color developments and it was exciting to see how they were being interpreted by our customers in testing and early release.
EXPLORE 2
kilnformed glass, driftwood 6˝ × 20.5˝ × 10˝
Austin Turley
DEPARTMENT PRODUCTION 1
JOB TITLE CASTER AT BULLSEYE SINCE 2014/2021
VARIANT 3
kilnformed and coldworked glass
7˝ × 5˝ × 0.75˝ @austinturley
Nathan Weber
DEPARTMENT PRODUCTION
JOB TITLE BATCHMAN AT BULLSEYE SINCE 2021
About the artwork. These are part of a series I’ve been working on for about two years now with hopes of showing them together in the near future.
Briefly describe your job at Bullseye. I mix the raw materials for all Bullseye glass.
What is the one thing that you could not live without?
Water.
If you could have a superpower, what would it be?
To make everyone happy and healthy.
GOODNIGHT SWEETDREAMS GOODMORNING kilnformed glass
16.5˝ × 57.5˝ × 0.5˝ (installed) @nathan_warper
How do you like to spend your free time?
Sitting quietly
If you could visit any place in the world, what would it be, and why?
My family’s cabin on Lake Superior. I only have amazing memories of that place. It’s so beautiful and peaceful.
Share a favorite memory from your time working at Bullseye. Pulling out my first piece of fused glass was pretty magical.
Barb Wells
DEPARTMENT RESOURCE CENTER PORTLAND / WAREHOUSE AT BULLSEYE SINCE 2023
About the artwork.
The cast glass beads are connected with brass jump links to create a curtain for use as a space divider or to add beauty in a window or on a patio. It also makes intoxicating sounds when the beads are in motion.
Briefly describe your job at Bullseye. I stock the Portland Resource Center and help in the warehouse.
What is the one thing that you could not live without?
Self-expression.
If you could have a superpower, what would it be?
Communicate in a way that opens people up to hearing.
GLASS CURTAIN , cast glass beads and brass 60˝ × 30˝ × 1.5˝ @zeitgeistglass
How do you like to spend your free time?
Napping or a loooong walk.
If you could visit any place in the world, what would it be, and why? Machu Picchu, spiritual energy.
Share a favorite memory from your time working at Bullseye. When the power went out.
Devon Willis
DEPARTMENT RESOURCE CENTER PORTLAND JOB TITLE SALES ASSOCIATE AT BULLSEYE SINCE 2010
About the artwork. Three years of classes, homework, assignment deadlines, lesson planning, students demanding your attention NOW, strikes, structural damage, overstimulation, self-doubt, existential angst, regret, excitement, constant constructive criticism, expensive inane certification requirements, full-time jobs, part-time jobs, AND DON’T FORGET TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR BASIC NEEDS.
Briefly describe your job at Bullseye. Repeat after me—you can never have too much glass.
What is the one thing that you could not live without?
My bed.
If you could have a superpower, what would it be?
Being able to remember things.
How do you like to spend your free time?
What’s that?
If you could visit any place in the world, what would it be, and why?
Wherever whale sharks migrate to so that I may swim with them.
Share a favorite memory from your time working at Bullseye.
Attending tradeshows with my coworkers. It’s serious business, but a fun time is had by all.
Joy Abedikichi page 32
Jamie Burress page 6
Jillian Aspholm page 32
Bonnie Celeste page 8
Hannah Gulick page 35
Carson Dietiker page 34
Kevin Kanyo page 37
Grahm DePouw page 34
Aidan Joseph page 36
Steven Bond page 33
Christopher Greer page 28
Amber Clenaghen page 18
Jeremy Fisher page 10
Max Bailey page 33
Kathryn Hammil page 35
Neil Kemper page 37
Todd Beaty page 12
Robert James page 36
Coltyn Cody page 14
Dijenaire Frazier page 26
Shannon McAlerney page 16
Ted Sawyer page 42
Kristen Rawson page 40
James Nickerson page 40
Steve Lechleiter page 38
Tim Rys page 41
William Reichle page 24
Kim Sharp page 20
Skyler McCaughey page 39
Charlie Tellessen page 42
Brian True-Rook page 22
Austin Turley page 43
Nathan Weber page 43
Barb Wells page 44
Devon Willis page 44
Jesse Korlin page 38
Hanmi Meyer page 39
Jon Rees page 41
Thank you to the following people for their contributions to the exhibition and reception: Jillian Aspholm, Todd Beaty, Warren Black, Jim Jones, Hanmi Meyer, Miguel O’Leary, Chris Petrauskas, William Reichle, Peter Van Liefde, and Debi Wali. And a BIG THANK YOU to Sarah Douglass for all her hard work to make Working Glass a success!
