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.
— Baiba Dzenite

Collection Calm | Calm Bowl & Tray

 
 
 

IN THE STUDIO

Collection Calm sketches

 

Collection Calm sketches

Tools

 

hot glass studio

 

making process