While a skilled glass blower, Sheryl was formally trained as a sculptor. It
is in glass that she has decided to express her sculptural concepts. The house
form, as a symbolic paradigm, has long been used to represent the universal
self. In her work, this "reading" creates the essential framework
within which questions concerning reality, attachment, and the very nature of
existence itself are explored. Fused with this search is her link to nature and
natural forms which help link the body of her work.
Sheryl’s work ranges from sophisticated sculptures to well balanced
functional forms. Her work requires a mixture of techniques that allows her to
build up forms and colors, a delicate balancing of heat, time and patience.
Mastery of the complex variables of glass work has historically made glass one
of the most prized forms of artistry, jealously guarded by king and country.
Sheryl builds on the history of glass art by presenting a wide vision seen in
the complexity of her sculptures to the fluid design of her vessels, but all
maintaining a sense of nature.
