Artist's Biography

Kathleen Krucoff is a glass and metal artist living in the Black Forest area of Colorado.  Her work encompasses stained glass utilizing copper foil and lead, fused glass, and wire wrapped glass jewelry. 

Primarily self-taught, she started her study of glass under the tutelage of fellow Colorado glass artist, Kate Loomiller.  Kathleen has also studied under nationally known glass artists, Kent Lauer and Patty Gray.

Currently she is studying silversmithing under the tutelage of Lexi Erickson.

The artist is a member of the Glass Art Society, the Glass Artists of the Pikes Peak Region, the Glass Artist Fellowship and Colorado Metalsmithing Association.   She has received numerous awards at juried shows.  Her work has been featured in a number of group exhibitions, such as Glass at the Gardens in Denver, Palmer Lake Art Group Fine Art Show, and The Art Center of Estes Park’s Lines into Shapes, an international juried show.  

Kathleen states, "My art is inspired by nature, realized in glass and metal.

Artist's Statement

Nature.
The trees
The mountains
The flowers

Sky.
The sun
The clouds
The stars

These elements are the driving forces in my work.

As an only child, one of my favorite pastimes on a warm summer day was lying in a soft blanket of grass, looking up at the slow moving clouds as they drifted across the sky. I searched for shapes in those big fluffy clouds, finding the most unusual collection of things. Admit it, we all did that, right?

Today, my imagination still finds those shapes, only now I find them in glass. My work is inspired by nature, realized in glass and metal.

The Light.
Refractions
Reflections
Prisms

 

Kathleen Krucoff

Medium: Jewelry & Glass