The Art Collections and Exhibitions Department at the University of Michigan- Dearborn enhances the academic and educational experiences of students, faculty, staff and the general public by offering dynamic educational programming, curating and managing a thriving exhibition program in the Stamelos Gallery Center, making the growing permanent art collection accessible for research, and loaning the collection to other institutions. The department complements and augments university curriculum, engages diverse audiences, facilitates outreach to the community, and supports emerging artists as well as artists from underrepresented groups, by promoting the understanding and appreciation of the visual arts.
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Prisoner of Continuity,
Scott Chaseling (b.1962), n.d.,
Blown, fused glass
Gift of Richard and Louise Abrahams, Collection of UM-Dearborn (2014.1.8), Photograph by Kip Kriigel
Australian glass artist Scott Chaseling (b. 1962) attended the Australian National University’s Canberra School of Art in 1995. In a collaborative project with fellow glass artist Klaus Moje, the two artists invented the Australian Roll-Up technique. Their process is quite similar to the traditional Venetian murrini cane pick-up method with one major difference. Chaseling and Moje’s concept involves picking up pre-fused panels of glass. This innovative approach allows artists to create carefully controlled designs that are not possible with traditional glassblowing methods. The pre-fused sheets of glass allow varying interior and exterior imagery, precise color placement, and full cross-sections of color, all seen in the skillful craftsmanship of this piece. After picking up the pre-fused panels on a punty, a glass blowing pipe, the final steps to the Australian Roll-Up technique consist of blowing, rolling and manipulating the glass form into a finished standing vessel shape.
