David Patchen
California
Born in New Rochelle, NY, David Patchen now resides and works in San Francisco, CA. It is there that he studied at Public Glass in the studio of Afro Celotto, maestro and former assistant to Lino Tagliapietra in Murano, Italy, and was awarded an artistic merit scholarship to the Pilchuck Glass School.
Patchen uses the Italian techniques of cane and murrine in an American style. (Cane are colored and patterned glass rods. Murrine are patterned cross-sections of glass ’tiles’.) Patchen’s work is known primarily for a combination of complexity and scale in densely patterned glass.
His work is in various private and public collections internationally, featured in many publications and juried shows such as SOFA in Chicago. His work is also shown in galleries in the U.S., Canada and Europe.
Patchen was awarded an artist residency in 2010 in Seto City, Japan where his visit was covered by the local media and included lectures, demonstrations and a show of his work at the Seto City Art Museum. His work has won awards in shows and online is a top-rated artist at Artistaday.com.
