Eve George
About the Resident
French Resident
February 20 – April 13, 2023
Designer and Glass Blower
Eve George is a French designer and glass blower.
Her goal as a IC + WD International Residency resident in In New York is to develop a collection of blown-glass works inspired by the ocean and its bond with the city.
Presented in partnership with Villa Albertine
Supported by the Bettencourt Schueller Foundation
Additional residency partners: Corning Museum of Glass, CIRVA and Galerie Philia
Eve’s Experience
What do you consider has been the most important and beneficial outcome of your one-month residency in New York?
EG: The persons that I have met (glassmakers, artists, chefs, people in art instutitions, etc.). The freedom that I got through the “resident” status. I was very confident about my current work (Villa Albertine gives also this sense of recognition) and I had no deadline to finish nore force the research process during the residency. It is the first time in my artistic life that I got to work in such a context.
Can you tell us about your in-residency residency at Corning Museum of Glass? What did you learn and achieve during this one-week experience?
EG: The full experience was absolutely incredible: the commute, the museum, meeting with the team, the fact that I had to design a lot of tryouts on very short notice also (it allowed to be very effiecient, to not overthink anything). It was both a great way of fast forwarding into the NYC residency, thus also having sames and prototypes to show to future collaborators. A lot of prototype I will also use as a starting point to perfect and finish the design in my own Atelier, & with my partner, back in France