Michael Endo

Exploring new (to me) ways of working with glass.

So good.

A new ignorance is on the horizon, an ignorance borne not of a lack of knowledge but of too much knowledge, too much data, too many theories, too little time. - Eugene Thacker

Io, the hardest working staff member at Pilchuck.

Instructor Ed Schmid demonstrates hand sculpting as part of his workshop with Brian Kerkvliet and Lucio Bubacco, a 30-year reunion of their Flame to Furnace collaboration.

David Altmejd was an Artist in Residence last session at Pilchuck Glass School. It was amazing to see him working with the Gaffers Viviane Stroede and Luke Holden with casting help from his assistant John Dillard.

Part of the process of making a crushed traffic cone in glass. Tried stepping on the glass with a Kevlar slipper. With help from Gaffers Viviane Stroede and Luke Holden.

Somebody’s watching me!

Dream team of Vivian Stroede, Luke Holden, and Ashley Harris working for Sonya Clark at Pilchuck Glass School.
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#glass #glassart #pilchuck #glassblowing

A small experiment picking up a cast glass snake and placing it on a blown form. With Trenton Quiocho and Jack Spitzer
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Wissmach and Bomma

Snake, sunset, grass
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#glassart #pilchuckglassschool

We kicked off the summer at Pilchuck glass School with an amazing Furnace Construction workshop. #Pilchuck #glassart #glass

Love this piece by Celia Garland in the @glassartsociety.bsky.social member show!

Sutherland, McKinnis, + Totoritis demo, last night of @glassartsociety.bsky.social Texas conference!

YouTube video by MeidasTouch WHOA! Trump Voters FREAK OUT as their LIVES COLLAPSE

“Medieval minds with modern capacities.” A pithy synopsis of the moment by Deepak Chopra.

Sunrise over a high desert landscape of Joshua Trees and creosote scrub.

Morning on the mesa. #Mojave #HighDesert

We just launched a monthly giving program to support our transformative arts programming.

I love being a part of the Pilchuck Glass School community. These are difficult times for everyone, but if you are able, please consider becoming a “Magic Maker.”

Pilchuck.org/monthlygiving

Black sage plant in bloom.

Young cactus paddles growing.

Bright pink flowers on a cactus.

Back in the Mojave for the week, just in time to see everything in bloom! The black, white, and Mountain sage plants we put in a few years ago are full of flowers. The Nopales are trying to quadruple in size. The native beavertail cactus is blooming! I love seeing all the native bee species. #mojave

So true! Sad but true.

Kimsooja’s installation is a mirage, dichroic spiral, on a hill above Desert Hot Springs. The way it interacts with the landscape and other visitors is playful and a little magical. #desertx #glassart

It is a rainy day at Pilchuck. I spent some time hiking around the tree farm. It breaks my heart to see such beautiful trees cut down, but I suppose they were planted for this purpose. The massive mounds of cuttings look like forest creatures. The view from Dale’s cabin is mysterious. #Pilchuck

So sad to miss the opening. Killer line up.

Throwback to a few summers ago when I taught free desert tree planting workshops and was working on an adobe mix.
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#permaculture #mojave #desert

A textured adobe wall and a palm tree.

Zigzagging adobe walls with a tall palm tree and the sun high in a blue sky.

The trunk of a palm tree surrounded by 3D printed adobe walls.

Adobe walls with creosote scrub and a utility pole behind.

Ronald Real’s 3D printed “Adobe Oasis” in Palm Springs. Sadly it was caution taped off when @emilyendo.bsky.social and I visited, but still cool to see. Another amazing part of this year’s Desert X.
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#art #desert #desertx #adobe #3Dprinting

A sculpture of carved blocks of stone, stacked into a pillar. One face has a black mirror that reflects the surrounding desert landscape.

Detail of a sculpture made of large stones. One stone has a black mirror the reflects the desert landscape.

A desert landscape with a rocky mountain. A sculpture of a blackeded steel circle looks like a cut out.

Visit with Bernard Leibov at Boxo Projects to see the new sculpture by Severin Guelpa. Also visited Aili Schmeltz’ installation, a favorite of mine.
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#art #mojave #desert #joshuatree

The interior of an abandoned and burned out car.

PRIVATE PROPERIY NO TRESPASSING The cab of a truck ripped apart and abandoned. More abandoned cars in the distance. Desert landscape.

A makeshift abandoned vehicle graveyard and dump site behind a resort in Desert Hot Springs.

Details of Alison Saar’s meditative “Soul Service Station” installation for Desert X. @emilyendo.bsky.social listens to the poetry of Henryette Mullen through a conch shell gas pump.

Alison Saar’s “Soul Service Station,” part of Desert X 2025.
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#art #desertx

More Kelly Akashi at Lisson.

Woody de Othello at Karma