50 April 18 • 2019
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SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER
A
t the same time Simon
Waranch is represented
by two works as part of
the Michigan Regional Glass
Exhibition at the Janice Charach
Gallery in West Bloomfield, he
is exhibiting work to memorial-
ize the Holocaust in a display at
the Museum of Biblical Art in
Dallas.
Waranch, a full-scholar-
ship student at the College for
Creative Studies, is able to work
as a full-time glass artist, sup-
porting himself with the help of
marketing techniques learned
from his father.
At 20 and in his sophomore
year, Waranch is among 30
artists chosen to participate
through May 9 at the Charach
Gallery, with Michigan Hot
Glass as a co-sponsor. His
one-person exhibit goes into
May at the Dallas museum.
“One piece at the Charach
Gallery is called Simon and
Matthew 2019,” explains
Waranch, who named the dif-
ferently-sized pieces after a very
tall friend and himself, not as
tall. “The piece has two simpli-
fied figure forms using murrine
glass techniques that layer colors
to get a pattern.
“The other piece, Color Study
Human 2, is a simpler human
form with no facial features. I’
ve
mixed up colors so it’
s a study in
how the colors react with each
other. This time, I’
ve used the
incalmo technique [joining two
art
arts&life
Love at an
Early Age
CCS student balances creating
glass pieces, exhibiting and
marketing his work.
Holocaust Memorial, 2018
details
The Michigan Regional Glass
Exhibition runs through May 9 at the
Janice Charach Gallery in the Jewish
Community Center in West Bloomfield.