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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
ENTERTAINMENT
Glass Man
Continued from preceding page
University, he taught ceramics
at Michigan State University
and then embarked on a year-
long tour of Europe, the
Mediterranean and northern
Africa. After returning to the
States, he studied glass with
Herb BabcoCk at Detroit's Cen-
ter for Creative Studies from
1980 to 1981 and was
enthralled by the possibilities
and new challenges of that
artform.
"I believe glass has become
the sculpture medium of the
20th Century," Shulman says.
"In the last decade or so, all of
the rules have been broken.
The focus of glass-blowers used
to be limited to paperweights
and beautiful stemware. Now
the medium has expanded to
incorporate In enormous
range of objets d'art."
Four years ago, he and his
partner, Albert Young, ap-
proached the Birmingham-
Bloomfield Art Association
with a proposal to rent an un-
used small building behind the
main facility which they
wished to transform into a
glass-blowing studio. For 3 1/2
months the pair put in
.. painstaking 50 and 60-hour
weeks to create a state-of-the-
art workplace for themselves.
"There's no blueprint for
building a glass studio," in-
forms Shulman. It's not like a
ceramic kiln, where parts can
be ordered. We had to lay all
the pipes and do all the instal-
lation ourselves."
He says glass-blowing has
not dramatically changed
since ancient times. About 300
pounds of uncolored glass fill a
large tank within a gas-
powered oven, which must be
kept at 2000 degrees around
the clock. The artist sits on a
bench, rolling and shaping the
glass through a pipe which re-
sembles an open-ended broom
handle. To infuse color into the
glass, chemically-colored glass-
derived from oxides, pigments
and stains manufactured in
Germany and Calfornia, is
blown into the clear glass.
"The color palettes are actu-
ally limited," explains Shul-
man. "But you can acquire a
broad range of the color spec-
trum by the way the color rods
are blown."
When the desired shape is
achieved, the piece goes into a
lehr, or annealing oven, whose
900-degree temperature
gradually acclimates the glass
to a cooler temperature.
The high temperatures are
extremely tough on the equip-
ment, and last December a
furnace breakdown threw
Shulman's work schedule off
several days.
"Keeping the studio running
efficiently means an annual
overhead of about $25,000," he
says.
Do the excessive heat and in-
tense concentration required of
him lead to frustration? Shul-
man takes a rather philosophi-
cal view of his situation. "First,
I think you really must love
fire to do what I do," he laughs.
"But I'm really pretty low key.
I don't actually view the
finished piece as my ultimate
goal. The goal is in the process
itself."
The
often
exploited
stereotype of the brooding,
temperamental artist doesn't
apply to Shulman. He's a re-
laxed, congenial individual
who relishes the challenge of
following his imagination and
not always knowing where his
instincts are going to take him.
"I used to have tunnel vision.
When I worked exclusively in
clay, I sometimes put in 80-
hour weeks, cranking out piece
after piece. Since my trip
abroad, which I feel was the
finest year of my life, I have
been in something of a grace
period. I've been more content
to let my ideas evolve natur-
ally."
That doesn't translate into a
loss of productivity, but rather
a more selective approach to
his craft. His various artworks
have been exhibited in at least
20 different Michigan galleries
and he has exhibited in local
temple shows. Last year, he
participated in a major Balti-
more exhibition which re-
sulted in his work being sol-
icited by 17 national galleries.
He has been a participant in
the Shain Park and the Ann
Arbor Art Fairs for about 12
years.
"They're enjoyable to do, but
an artist needs to have many
more outlets for his or her
work. They're extremely com-
petitive: for every booth you
see, for example, at the Ann
Arbor Art Fair, about 100
applicants nationwide have
applied."
He mentions that the
heightened exposure the Bal-
timore exhibit gave him made
the difference between prev-
iously doing about 10 art shows
a year to the current four or
five he is involved in.
Whether he works in clay,
bronze or glass, Shulman be-
lieves he and other artists are
always accountable for their
work. "I see one of my key roles
as educating the public. If I can
transmit some significance of
an object to a viewer, I feel I've
done my job well."
What he advises the stu-
dents he teaches three nights
weekly at BBAA glass work-
shop is to constantly heed the
value of balance. "Every piece
should have excellent balance,
color and line, regardless of its
position. That goes for a clay
coffee mug or a decorative ob-
ject."
Happily single, Shulman's
respect for balance extends to
his personal life. He exercises
daily, follows a healthy diet,
and enjoys the camaraderie of
his three-year-old Sheltie,
Sheinkeit (Yiddish for "hand-
some"). He cherishes his
Jewish background, saying, "I
think our tradition's emphasis
on ethics and honesty has been -
a source of guidance for me in
my creative work and in doing
business with people."
Asked if his career has taken
the direction he intended, he
confesses, 'I didn't take an art
course until I was in college.
Before that, I had always been
crafts oriented, but from a con-
struction and industrial arts
perspective. So the work I've
done in recent years has main-
tained a freshness, and I'm
constantly experimenting with
new ideas." II]
GOING PLACES
Continued from preceding page
FAMILIES
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THEATER
DOWNTOWN DINNER THEA-
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Thursday through Feb. 22,
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today and Saturday, through
March 21, admission, 271-
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PLAYERS: The Upstage,
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Par for the Corpse, 8 p.m.
today and Saturday, admis-
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