JENN FIGG 
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, ART + DESIGN -SCULPTURE, TOWSON UNIVERSITY
AND 
MATTHEW MCCORMACK 
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR, ART + DESIGN - SCULPTURE, TOWSON UNIVERSITY

Light Shaker 3.1.B, 2020
Blown and cut glass, wiring harness, LEDs

Luminescent Anthologies 7: North Point, 2020
Archival inkjet print on Sintra

Luminescent Anthologies 6: Lake Roland, 2020
Archival inkjet print on Sintra

Light Shaker 3.2.B, 2020
Blown and cut glass, wiring harness, LEDs

These glass objects are inspired by traditional instruments, including seed shakers and rain sticks. In the shakers and rattles, piezo wiring harnesses make these interactive, sensorial sculptures – as depicted in the accompanying photographs.

"We made these works at the beginning of the pandemic and have been thinking about them as beacons of hope, a light within the darkness. A driving concern is climate change and how humans impact the environment. We ask, how can we make light in ways that are sustainable, humanizing, engaging?”