Glassblowing is a dance between two people; a tango of sorts wherein pieces evolve as the artist and assistant work with each unique gather. New possibilities for forms arise as the dancers respect and control the properties of hot glass.
—KaryneBiography
I've spent the major part of my professional life as a psychologist and psychoanalyst talking with people while trying to help them better understand themselves and their inner worlds. In this process of interpersonal engagement, I've had the good fortune of learning a great deal about those I've encountered, as well as myself. I've now encountered another mode of exploration and self-expression, glass sculpture. This new way of illustrating my perspective on life came about by learning how to blow glass and work with metal.
In this quite different world, images from my childhood come to life as abstract objects from the sea. Now, as I study weekly with artist David D'Orio, I see the process of glassblowing as an interactive one. I view it as a dance between two people; a tango of sorts wherein pieces evolve as the artist and assistant work with each unique gather. New possibilities for forms arise as the dancers respect and control the properties of hot glass. At times a piece must fall; at others it must be lifted, while always requiring to be turned. It is this interplay between two artists that creates a unique structure; one that cannot be replicated. Much like my work with patients wherein two people create interpretations and come to understand the unique meaning of an individual's life, glassblowing and metal pieces evolve as representations of one's life with the help of another.
My glass art has been displayed at DC Glassworks, Reagan National Airport Terminal A Gallery, and the Waldorf-Astoria in New York at the Artistry and Psychoanalysis Exhibit.