Alison Sigethy’s Graceful Glass Sea Jewels

Alison Sigethy’s beautiful glass Sea Jewels look like they were just gleaned from an undersea dive — colorful, delicate, their cascading, rippled edges echoing the soft swaying motion of life underwater. The Alexandria, Virginia-based artist finds a lot of inspiration in the aquatic: Her Sea Cores serve as art-habitats of sorts, incorporating water, light, and bubbles to give life to sculptures of corals, fossils, and other oceanic components.

Sigethy uses salvaged glass in much of her work, including the scavenged Snapple bottles she uses to create her gorgeous, glittering Geodes. While she isn’t necessarily aiming for scientific accuracy, Sigethy does want her creations “to look like they could have lived or grown somewhere.” I love that she achieves this goal so completely, and so reverently, capturing all of the vibrant energy that nature has to offer.

Want more? You can see Alison's work in person Feb. 22-24 at our ACC Baltimore show - find her in booth 1121.

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