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 Lynn M. Griffis is a farmer’s daughter from a small Nebraska town. She currently resides in Lexington, KY. Her previous career was in training, marketing, public relations, environmental water education and ministry. Although Lynn began her glass art career with stained glass, her passion and most recent training is in kiln-formed and cold-worked glass art. Griffis grew up attending a small Lutheran church. She found the stained glass to be mesmerizing. She had always wanted to take a stained glass class and finally that became a reality in 2004 with Laura Hallock of Hallock Stained Glass in Lexington, KY. Her participation in this class then began an intense and passionate journey into the world of color and kiln-formed glass art. Her journey in glass has taken her to Oregon and Canada where she has studied with some of the foremost accomplished and creative glass artists in the world. She has also delved into the kiln-forming field with extensive personal study and a great deal of experimentation. Kiln-forming and cold-working glass involves both technical skill and planning. Each glass art piece involves several stages of knowledge and detailed skill including the ability to allow the heat of the kiln to heal the pieces of cut glass into a whole piece of glass. Just as glass begins as fragments of sand transformed through fire into a rigid liquid cooled into a polished wholeness, we humans also experience a similar healing metamorphosis through the ancient and sacred life journey of fracture, fire and faith. Her glass art compositions are created by assembling glass that have been cut into strips and then shaped into three dimensional objects that are fired (fused) at high temperatures (1450 degrees plus) in the kiln and then incorporates extensive cold-working (sanding, sandblasting, polishing and wheel engraving) and perhaps re-fired in the kiln. She hopes that “when people look at and hold her work that they will experience joy, delight and recognition that resonates with their own experience of transformation and depth of feeling.” She is passionate about exploring a medium that has been in existence since 2500 BC. Griffis lives with her life partner, and their 2 dogs and 2 cats in Lexington, KY. She also enjoys being creative in the yard and garden, enjoys music, water and spending time with family, friends and her animals. All of the images on this website are created in a privately-owned studio. All of the images and works of glass art are copyrighted by Lynn M. Griffis and FlatwaterSpirit Studio, LLC. The information and images on this website may not be reproduced without permission.
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