Story by Beth D’Addono
Photogrpahy by Kyle Carpenter
From dangerous liquid glass, Solange creates gossamer Venetian-style goblets and dramatic art with bubbles of glass blown inside the larger for an astonishing layered effect. The shop overflows with her work, including a large cast woman’s torso draped in a fiber art bustier. There is an asymmetrical glass bowl fixed to a pedestal, glowing in golf leaf. Vases in all shapes, awash in color, line the shelves. Glassware ranges from the functionally pretty to the downright divine.
About
Solange discovered her passion for glass 22 years ago while at Chico State University in California. She later received her master of arts at California State University, Fullerton. Next came an eight-year stint in the US Air Force before coming to Louisiana.
On Food
Solange’s go-to place for comfort food is Creole Sisters in Slidell. “If I want quintessential Southern food, that’s where I go. The food is authentic and amazing. And the owners are incredible, which makes it even better.”
“Learning how to make a Venetian-style goblet takes so much control, a lifetime to achieve. Now, I’m dripping glass Jackson Pollock-style. It’s chaotic, hard to control. The fall of the glass determines the painting. It’s like a duet, a dance with the glass. ”
—SOLANGLE LEDWITH, Swamp Girl Glass Blowing
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SWAMP GIRL GLASS BLOWING
1060 Front St., Slidell | 985.710.3873 | swampgirlglassllc.com | @swampgirlglassllc
