50 April 18 • 2019
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SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER
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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

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The Michigan Regional Glass 
Exhibition runs through May 9 at the 
Janice Charach Gallery in the Jewish 
Community Center in West Bloomfield.