Lisa Koch

Glass Artist
 
Much of my work uses reflection: reflection of the viewer into the work, as well as
reflection (duplication) within the work itself, often using the inherent properties of
glass as a medium. I use float glass in many of my pieces to reflect images placed
behind it, negative space carved within it, and viewers who walk around it.
When viewed through the lens of the glass, images and people shift and change,
symbolic of how they change over time.

Along with float glass, I also use mirrored glass to involve the viewers and reflect time.
Mirrored clouds floating over maps from the last 5 centuries reflect an image of the
viewer juxtaposed with the reflected images of maps, placing the viewer within the cloud.
The cloud imagery in my work is symbolic of the travel of matter (in this case, water)
around the earth, without knowing its history. Imagine how water moves around the
earth - how did that glass of water travel to be in front of you? One molecule may have
rained down in India, flowed to the ocean, swirled around for decades, evaporated into
a cloud, and rained down in California where it was purified and bottled. My work
investigates these processes and the mixing of information that takes place. We are all
much more interconnected than we often realize.

lisa@lisa-koch.com
 
www.lisa-koch.com