Studio Demonstration | Jen Elek

Watch artist instructor Jen Elek demonstrate for her class at The Studio. Elek's class This class combines traditional and nontraditional techniques to build students’ personal vocabulary using glass color.

Jen Elek
Jen Elek received her BFA from Alfred University in Metal and Hot Glass sculpture in 1994, after training as a welder in Allentown, PA. In addition to doing her own work, the Seattle-based Elek has assisted glass artists such as Dale Chihuly, Kiki Smith, Preston Singletary, Lino Tagliapietra, and others. A vibrant contemporary glass artist, Elek exhibits alongside artists of other mediums, breaking some of the barriers that have kept glass in the realm of craft and offering it as a worthy medium of contemporary art.