Corey Pemberton Soft Log Cabin II

Corey (American b. Reston, VA 1990) received his BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2012. He has completed residencies at Pilchuck Glass School (WA), The Pittsburgh Glass Center (PA), Bruket (Bodø, NO), Alfred University (NY), as well as a Core Fellowship at the Penland School of Crafts (NC). He has exhibited work at the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art (CA), The Contemporary Museum of Art in Raleigh (NC), and has work in the permanent collections of The Museum of Art and Design (NY), The Boston Museum of Fine Art (MA), and The Chrysler Museum of Art (VA).

Pemberton currently resides in Los Angeles, California where he splits his time between the nonprofit arts organization Crafting the Future, painting, and his glass practice. He strives to bring together people of all backgrounds and identities, breaking down stereotypes and building bridges; not only through his work with Crafting The Future but with his personal artistic practice as well.

This series of vessels is influenced by the log cabin quilt block used on the Underground Railroad to signal safety to those seeking shelter along their journey of freedom. If you saw this block in a quilt hanging on a clothesline outside a house or on the exterior of a barn, you knew that this was a place you could stop and rest without fear of being harmed. 

Blown Glass with Murrini.

L7" x W7" x 15.25" H