Our work is influenced by the natural world and our role within the environment. We look to the landscapes in our rural mountain valley for inspiration. In the presence of nature, there is absence, where the mind can wander over the open spaces and find a sense of calm. This is where the images of our work are derived; the patch of Aspen on an otherwise empty hillside, a fence line protruding from a field of snow, a night sky bathed in a full moon. They are simple, abstract compositions that allow the viewer to read their own interpretation into the piece.

Through our work we are able to explore and deepen our connection with our environment. Our work is meant to remind people of our interconnection with nature, with each other, and with our collective past.

Jeremy Newman and Allison Ciancibelli are a husband and wife team that own and operate Twisp River Glass, a studio where they collaboratively design and create blown glass sculpture. Jeremy has been blowing glass since 1997, learning the skills of the craft through a traditional apprenticeship with Garth Mudge in Estes Park, CO. Allison has been working with glass since opening the studio in 2001. Their studio is located in an old barn on their small farm up the Twisp River.

In order to create each one of a kind piece, Jeremy and Allison incorporate traditional glassblowing skills together with woodworking and metalworking. Their simple, earthy forms serve as blank slates for their abstract, narrative imagery created by layering colors of glass and adding frit, powdered glass, and steel fibers. Finally, the surface is acid-etched, giving the finished piece its soft, matte finish and stone-like appearance. In their new mixed media sculptures, Jeremy and Allison introduce found objects, reclaimed steel, and wood. According to the artists, "We use cultural artifacts as a way of exploring our relationship with the land and to remind us of our interconnection with nature, with each other, and with our collective past."

Education . Jeremy Newman

2005 Pratt Fine Art Institute, Seattle, WA- Sculptural Glass with Chuck Lopez

2003 Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle, WA-Torch Work in the Hot Shop Intensive with Ross Richmond

Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle, WA-Coldworking with David Minetti

2002 Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle, WA-Winter Intensive with Kimberly Haugh

1997-2000 Apprenticeship with glass artist Garth Mudge, The Glassworks Studio, Estes Park, CO

1998 The Evergreen State College, Bachelor of Arts


Education . Allison Ciancibelli

2001-present Studying with and assisting for Jeremy Newman

1997 The Evergreen State College, Bachelor of Arts

Exhibitions:

2007 Solo Shows:
Vetri International, Seattle, WA

Group Shows:
Kebanu, Bend, OR
LaFontsee Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
SOFA Chicago, Migration: A Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
Glass Weekend at Wheaton Village, Riley Gallery, Millville,NJ
Prism Contemporary Glass, Start, Chicago, IL
Silver Fox, Hendersonville, NC
Confluence Gallery, Twisp WA
White Bird Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR
Red Sky Gallery, Charlotte, NC

2006 SOFA Chicago, Thomas Riley Gallery, Chicago, IL
Prism Contemporary Glass, Chicago, IL
Grand Hand Gallery, St. Paul, MN
LaFontsee Gallery, Grand Rapids MI
Llynn Strong Gallery, Greenville, SC
Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukie, WI
Confluence Gallery, Twisp WA

2005 SOFA Chicago, Thomas Riley Gallery, Chicago, IL
Glass Weekend at Wheaton Village, Riley Gallery, Millville, NJ

2004 Confluence Gallery, Twisp, WA

2003 Kentucky Museum of Art and Design, Louisville, KY
Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
MacLaren Markowitz Gallery, Boulder, CO
Confluence Gallery, Twisp, WA

2002 Art Forms, Red Bank, NJ/Woodstock, NY
Confluence Gallery, Twisp, WA

2001 Confluence Gallery, Twisp, WA Shows

2000-2007 American Craft Council, Baltimore Winter Show

Awards:
2004 Best of Glass, Sun Valley Center Arts and Crafts Festival
2003 Best of Glass, Sun Valley Center Arts and Crafts Festival
2002 2nd Place Glass, Portland Arts Festival
2001 1st Place, Glass, Portland Arts Festival
2000 2nd Place, Glass, Evergreen Arts Festival

Corporate Collections:
2006 Hilton Hotels, Palm Beach, FL
2004 Northwest Mutual Life Insurance, Milwaukee, WI
Pennsylvania Power and Light, Allentown, PA

Commissions:
2005 Twilight Platter Installation, John and Ximena Brunette