David Lewin
David Lewin's work is about nature, light and the environment. He feels that form, color and pattern exist in nature, often in graphic and textural perfection. These images and forms inform and inspire his work, which is an interpretation rather than duplication.

After 30 years of working with hot glass, David is currently creating in metal, and fulfilling a long-term desire to work with this medium. His work incorporates glass and light with the metal, and uses light primarily as a sculptural element, although some pieces do function as lighting. Light, along with color and form, is an aspect of the work that draws and engages viewers, creating a connection and desire for further exploration.

The pieces created in the Nature Series are primarily made of steel that has been formed, welded, textured and finished. Light, from an internal source, is viewed through kiln-formed and cold-worked glass. The glass transforms instantly with light and provides a renewed presence for the sculpture.

Creating work from such a diverse array of materials provides a technical challenge that David undertakes as he crafts each piece to appear as an integral whole, while enabling access to the lighting.

David combines numerous techniques of forming, shaping and creating texture on metal, as well as pushing boundaries on surface treatment and finishes. The visual textures he creates explore both the complexity and simplicity in nature.

Bio
David returned to northern California in 2007 after 23 years on the east coast. Previously, he worked in hot glass, both blown and hand-sculpted, and produced work for David Lewin Glass Design, which he founded in 1988. In his art glass studio in Philadelphia, he designed and created functional and sculptural work that has been recognized for its unique use of color in rich combinations and for its sensual, naturalistic forms. David's works of sculpture are exhibited in galleries throughout the United States and are in collections internationally.

David has taught three-dimensional design, was Instructor and Artist in Residence at the Tokyo Glass Art Institute in Japan, and was a Printmaking  Instructor at the De Young Museum Art School in San Francisco. He received a Mid Atlantic NEA Regional Grant, was twice a grant recipient of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, and recipient of a Creative Glass Center of America Fellowship Award.

He holds a BA in Painting and Printmaking from San Francisco State University (1978), and an MFA in Printmaking from the San Francisco Art Institute (1981).