Pino Cherchi Glass Art

2008-07-11T09:38:00.007-08:00

The collections Ancestrali Africani was inspired by the African shield and it started as a commission piece. After discovering the many meaning of the shield I have decide to create a collection researching the design showed on these 4 pieces.
The technique used involves glass painted. The bold design its black-grisaille fired at 1250 F. on ¼-inch glass. The yellow color its silver-stain fired at1050 F. The centers are hand blown glass, copper, sterling silver, gold and brass and spins on there vertical axis
Over all dimension 5’x 30”x 20”

Restoration

2008-05-05T07:42:00.004-08:00

Restoration
These series of magnificent stained glass windows belongs to the Church of S. Maria Assunta Arco di Trento Italy.
Built in the early 1800 by one of the most prominent glass factory the Tiroler Glasmalerei Innsbruck Austria Composed by 8 lateral large arc windows. Measuring each: 9’ x 6’ with an addition of eight upper oval windows.
Located above the main entrance there is the windows of S. Cecilia, a 19 ‘x 11’work of art. Above the main alter there is the Virgin Maria Coronation‘s window, measuring 30’x 12’.In order, to properly restore the windows, each component of the windows where removed from there originally location, and restored in loco.

TAPPETI SARDI

2008-05-05T07:19:00.000-08:00

AFRICAN BEANS

2008-05-05T07:17:00.000-08:00

MAYAN COLLECTION

2008-05-05T07:14:00.002-08:00

DOMUS de JANAS

2008-05-04T11:14:00.003-08:00

DOMUS DE JANAS translates to fairy’s houses. The
inspiration for this series came from these ancient-architectural
fairy-house ruins of my homeland, Sardinia Italy.
The design revisits the original entrances of these houses.
The horns symbolize Minotaur and the expanded
influence of the Mycenae Culture on the Mediterranean
region. The glass, poured directly onto the metal frame,
is annealed over a five-day period. The top pieces are
constructed from embossed copper, sterling silver and
brass. The center is hand-blown glass and spins on the
vertical axis. Each piece is mounted on a metal-wooden
stand.

2008-05-04T06:24:00.001-08:00

Rondelle Collection

2008-01-11T09:14:00.000-09:00

These are a series of Hand blown rondelle, which I have incorporated, silver ,copper brass,gold,antimonium,on a metal support .
DIM: 22"x 37"circa

L'Artista

2008-01-11T08:33:00.001-09:00

L'artista's Series
Sand cast glass, wood, mixed media, metal
DIM: 32"x 18"x 11"
Created at Pilchuck summer 2007

Coppe Series

2008-01-10T09:34:00.000-09:00

Coppe Series
Hand Blow glass,mixed media, metal backest.
DIM: 10"x 24" circa

Wall Pieces

2008-01-09T11:22:00.004-09:00

Sand Cast Glass on a wooden frame , patinas on copper sheets.
DIM: 31" x 16"x 2,5"

Wall pieces

2008-01-05T12:34:00.002-09:00

Wall Pieces

2007-11-26T09:52:00.000-09:00

The media used to create my latest body of work called Mappe and Colonne , is fused glass, copper leaf, gold leaf , enamel colors on a ½ inch sheet of glass. The centers is hand-blown glass, which spins on there vertical axis
Dimension
Colonne pieces 82”x22”x ¼
Mappe pieces vary from 42” x 21” ¼ to 38”x 20”x ¼
The centers are glass African beads, and they all spins on there vertical axis
Dimension 40”x 19” x ¼

Temple Series

2007-11-26T07:21:00.000-09:00

Temple Series
Reminiscences of the Tibetan prairie wells, Temple Series it is the first collection, which I had, display in the USA ,It was presented by the Vice Italian Console at the Dadamo/Woltz Gallery in Seattle. It is fused glass, with copper inclusions; the base is 1”thick fused glass. Some of the centers are hand blown glass, some are ,made with copper, sterling silver, gold and brass and they all spins on there vertical axis
Over all dimension: 38” x 25”x 13”

Stained Glass

2007-11-25T16:45:00.000-09:00

Ancestrali Africani

2007-11-25T16:44:00.000-09:00

Africani Ancestrali
The collections Ancestrali Africani was inspired by the African shield and it started as a commission piece. After discovering the many meaning of the shield I have decide to create a collection researching the design showed on these 4 pieces.
The technique used involves glass painted. The bold design its black-grisaille fired at 1250 F. on ¼-inch glass. The yellow color its silver-stain fired at1050 F. The centers are hand blown glass, copper, sterling silver, gold and brass and spins on there vertical axis
Over all dimension 5’x 30”x 20”

Ancestrli Africani

2007-11-25T16:39:00.000-09:00

Domus de Janas

2007-11-25T16:38:00.001-09:00

DOMUS SERIES:
These pieces where created based on ancient architectural ruins found in Sardinia Italy where originally I come from, called DOMUS DE JANAS (Fairy’s house).It is a revisit of the originally entrances of the houses. The horns, symbol of the Minotaur, it shows the expand influence of the Mycenae Culture on the Mediterranean. To create a sense of solidity I have chosen a particular glasswork called Metal cast. The glass is pouring directly on a metal frame, and then annealing for over 5 days circle, the top parts are made of embossed copper, sterling silver, brass. The centers is hand-blown glass, which spins on there vertical axis Mounted metal stand
Over all dimension 30”x 35” x 12”

Domus de Janas

2007-11-25T16:28:00.000-09:00