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Granite Calimpong (born 1982/83) is a Pacific Northwest glass artist. He received an undergraduate degree in Interdisciplinary Computing in the Arts at University of California San Diego in 2007. In 2013 he was artist-in-residence at Pittsburgh Glass Center for six weeks. Calimpong was a Master of Fine Arts candidate at University of Washington School of Art + Art History + Design as of 2018.

In July–August 2018, Calimpong was scheduled to be an instructor at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. He has also taught workshops at the Pilchuck Glass School and the Penland School of Crafts.

His glass art is both blown and cold worked, and described as "form based".

References

1. Danielle Maestretti (November 17, 2015), "Part of the Process", American Craft, American Craft Council (December 2015–January 2016 issue)
2. The enchanted forest of Pilchuck Glass School (auction catalog), Pilchuck Glass School, October 2015, p. 12
3. ^ Glass artists’ Everett show about experimentation Wednesday, October 1, 2014 Everett Herald
4. ^ Granite Calimpong graduate student biography, University of Washington School of Art + Art History + Design, retrieved 14 January 2018
5. "Halfway to somewhere: Brent Rogers & Granite Calimpong, Feb. 7 – Apr. 20, 2014", official website, Pittsburgh Glass Center, retrieved 2017-12-25
6. Kurt Shaw (March 22, 2014), "Glassworkers' collaboration creates inventive objects", Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
7. Program – Session 4, July 29-August 10, 2018, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, retrieved 2018-03-10
8. "Granite Calimpong". School of Art + Art History + Design, University of Washington.
9. "Halfway to somewhere", Penn Avenue

External links

• Official website
• Meet the Artist: Granite Calimpong on YouTube: Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Washington, December 3, 2016
• North Lands 20 Residency: Granite Calimpong on YouTube: North Lands Creative Glass, Scotland, February 23, 2016

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