Sarinda Jones Bio

I am a local artist with a fine art background with an emphasis on working in glass professionally for seventeen years. I have participated in the Salt Lake Public Art Design Board for six years, 2010 to 2016. Currently, I participate in civic committees such as Wasatch Studio Tours and The Glass Guild of Utah.

Creating in many different mediums is interesting to me from painting, jewelry, to public art. I have a belief that art is for everyone. This belief has lead me down the educational road teaching in many venues and at many skill levels. I enjoy teaching mini-workshops to those who are just being exposed to glass for the first time to teaching artist residency workshops at the Corning Museum of Glass.

The process of making glass and the science of glass are an intrinsic part of my passion for creating. My work is about abstraction. It is a literal abstraction that has a point of departure, often abstract itself. I then translate that into a code of form and color within the parameters of the physics of glass, exploring historical painting issues of texture, color, flatness, depth, image, abstraction. 

A minimalist approach gives my work a contemporary feel and illuminates the simple beauty. Glass is a smooth, seductive, and mysterious substance yet at the same time, a very ordinary substance. It can be as common as a wine glass or it can be a treasured work of art. It's part of our world culture. Glassmaking has been estimated to have been around for over 5,000 years. The same piece of glass can appear to be invisible at one moment and opaque another through its display of reflection. Glass is a chameleon of sorts, an illusionist. Right down to the chemical structure of the glass. As a glass artist, the alchemist of the molecular structure of glass instructs the glass to behave in a certain manner. This is where the playground of an artist and science comes together.

Each of us responds sincerely to color, light, and pattern. Whatever else art may encompass, these elements ensure that the work is accessible to a broad audience.

I started my business in 2002 after I had met glass artist Dale Chihuly at the 2002 Olympic Games during his lecture and book signing. I applied for a studio space in Artspace on Pierpont Avenue in Salt Lake City as well applied to attend Pilchuck Glass School in 2003. Within two weeks I was accepted to Artspace and to Pilchuck Glass School. This was the start of my artistic journey that has lead me here today.

 Thank you for entertaining my artworks. I feel it is an honor to be able to share kiln-formed glass with you.