Joey Kirkpatrick (born 1952)[1] is an American glass artist, sculptor, wire artist, and educator.[2][3] She has taught glassblowing at Pilchuck Glass School. Since the 1970s, her artistic partner has been Flora Mace and their work is co-signed.[4][5][6] Kirkpatrick has won numerous awards including honorary fellow by the American Craft Council (2005).[6]
Kirkpatrick and Mace have shared a home and art studio in Seattle, Washington and a farm in the Olympic Peninsula.[7]
Kirkpatrick taught drawing at the Art Center in Des Moines, and used a series of dolls for the still life studies, and the same dolls became inspiration for her later work.[7] She worked as a wire sculptor early in her creations, which is something that has also informed her later work.[9] In 1979, Kirkpatrick met Mace through Dale Chihuly at Pilchuk Glass School in Stanwood, Washington.[10][3]
Career
Kirkpatrick and Mace are known for their oversized glass fruit and their work highlighting technical glass skills.[11][12] Their body of artwork has been made from diverse materials including blown glass, glass vessels, and sculptures fabricated with wood, glass, and mixed media.[13]
^Hollister, Paul (January 1984). "Gefühle—personifiziert: Arbeiten von Flora Mace und Joey Kirkpatrick / Personification of Feelings: The Mace/Kirkpatrick Collaboration". Neues Glas. pp. 14–19.