Artist

Susan Plum

born Houston, TX 1944
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Photographer unknown, image courtesy of the artist
Born
Houston, Texas, United States
Active in
  • Mexico City, Mexico
Biography

Susan Plum was raised in Mexico City and moved to the United States in 1965. She originally trained as a painter but began working with glass after an extended trip to India, Nepal, and Thailand, where she was struck by the material's quality of light and richness of imagery. She studied with the artist Ginny Ruffner at the Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, Washington, and developed a skill for lampworking, a technique in which rods or tubes of glass are shaped and fused using an isolated heat source. This allows Plum to "draw" with glass to create three-dimensional rather than strictly two-dimensional works. Plum also creates installation art in addition to functional and sculptural work.

Works by this artist (1036 items)

William H. Johnson, Breakdown with Flat Tire, ca. 1940-1941, oil on plywood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation, 1967.59.587
Breakdown with Flat Tire
Dateca. 1940-1941
oil on plywood
On view
William H. Johnson, Chain Gang, ca. 1939, oil on plywood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation, 1967.59.675
Chain Gang
Dateca. 1939
oil on plywood
On view
William H. Johnson, Midnight Sun, Lofoten, 1937, oil on burlap, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation, 1967.59.907
Midnight Sun, Lofoten
Date1937
oil on burlap
On view
William H. Johnson, Lamentation, ca. 1944, oil on fiberboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation, 1967.59.981
Lamentation
Dateca. 1944
oil on fiberboard
On view