BAIBA DZENITE
Cluster Exhibitor | Cluster Crafts | 2020 & 2022
CALM SCULPTURAL OBJECT
NIGHT SCULPTURAL OBJECT
CALM SCULPTURAL OBJECT
CALM SCULPTURAL OBJECT
NIGHT SCULPTURAL OBJECT
NIGHT SCULPTURAL OBJECT
Collection Calm | Calm Vase Large & Low
Baiba Dzenite is an established glass artist and designer, and the founder of the brand BAIBA GLASS.
A graduate of the AAL with bachelor's and master's degrees in Glass Art, she has developed her own unique hot glass techniques, expressed in collectable glass art objects. Baiba has expanded her knowledge and experience through her work in hot glass studios in the Baltic States, Czech Republic and Japan.
Collection Calm | Calm Vase Large & Low
Collection Calm | Calm Vase Large & Low
Baiba Dzenite specialises in hot glass techniques and glass tinting that elicits a vision of 'painting in glass’.
Baiba draws her inspiration from Nature and its phenomena – fog and dew. The visual language of nature gives expression to Baiba's inner feelings and perceptions of the mysteries of Nature and the hidden beauty of body and mind, encapsulated in layers of clear glass.
Collection Calm | Calm Vase Large & High
The range of her work includes mouth-blown, hot-poured and hand-shaped glass pieces made in a unique way by the use of traditional and innovative materials; the imprint of an antique Latvian heckling comb, a linen-craft tool, has become a distinctive feature of Collection CALM. This archaic artefact, signifying the timeless relationship between Nature’s phenomena and ancient Latvian linen-craft tradition, impresses upon contemporary glass art its symbolic 'imprint of time'
Collection Calm | Calm Small Vase
Collection Calm | Calm Bowl & Tray
“I remember observing and admiring wonders of Nature since the time of my childhood.
The dew is reminiscent of water pearls to me, which allows me to adore them without touching otherwise they will disappear. The phenomenon of fog seemed especially mysterious – realising yourself as part of the moment when the breath of Earth surrounds you…
I guess these and other phenomena teach us respectfulness towards Nature and Universe.
On the other hand I’ve been fascinated by the smoothness and transparency of glass and I think that clear glass has one of the best tactile qualities which distinguishes it from other materials.
When I am creating my art I have feeling that the glass is alive and lives its majestic life through changing shine of light.
Glass will always be more than just a material to express myself, it is a ‘synthesis of creation’ between human and this versatile material.”
Collection Calm | Calm Bowl & Tray
IN THE STUDIO
Collection Calm sketches
Collection Calm sketches
Tools
hot glass studio
making process