David Patchen

David Patchen was born and raised in New York. There he was inspired by many forms of art including music and photography. He was a musician for 20 years and still finds music an inspiration while hand blowing his beautiful glass art works. Since 1996 he has lived in Northern California. His focus now is primarily on creating sophisticated works in glass but also still dabbles with photography.

Patchen has studied glass making from Sean Salstrum, Jerry Kung, Pamina Traylor and at the studio of Italian master Afro Celotto. He has mastered the techniques of incalmo, murrini, cane, acid etching and making technical pieces in the 3-4 foot high range. Pieces of this size utilizing many skilled techniques are mastered only by a small percentage of the glass blowing artists world wide.

The work of David Patchen is considered by many to be a great value. Pieces of similar complexity and size made by other artists are considerably more expensive. His work can be found in only a handful of galleries in the U.S., and Kela’s is proud to offer his work.

ARTIST STATEMENT: “No matter how often I work with glass, the experience inspires me to push the limits of the material and my skill in working with it”.