Supercool Glass
Shelburne Museum
Shelburne, Vermont
February 8 - June 8, 2014

Curated by Kory Rogers

We were thrilled when curator Kory Rogers from the Shelburne Museum reached out to include our work in Supercool Glass, an exhibition that explored the aesthetic and technological evolution of glass in American art over two centuries. The show featured a compelling mix of historical objects and contemporary works, emphasizing the multifaceted and often misunderstood material of glass.

For the exhibition, we contributed a three-panel folding screen composed of our signature beaded glass panels, alongside a sculptural maquette titled Field Day. This piece featured a landscape of green fabric scrolls anchored in black ultrasuede, each one densely pinned with threaded beads—thousands upon thousands—creating a lush, grassy field. Field Day is named for the beloved school tradition from our childhood at Mary Queen of the Universe, where we'd spend the day outdoors in potato sack races, obstacle courses, and pickup softball games. We still remember Miss Braun sprinting around in her high-cut gym shorts, blissfully unaware of the effect she was having on every fifth-grade boy watching.

Although we weren’t able to attend the show in person due to a scheduling conflict, we were deeply honored to be included. Textile curator Matilda McQuaid once remarked that the true lineage of our work wasn’t so much textile as it was “insane glass”—a comment we cherished. We’ve always viewed our beaded panels as akin to stained glass windows: luminous, devotional, and crafted with reverence.

Group Exhibitions