I first want apologize to anyone who regularly checks this website hoping for updates. I’m much slower to post on here than on social media websites like Facebook and Instagram, both of which I update regularly. Please follow me on Facebook at Mark Leputa Glass Sculpture and on Instagram @markleputaglass. For those of you who choose not to use those sites, what I hope to manage today is to bring you up to speed on the past few months.
My biggest news is Dock Gallery in Rotterdam, Netherlands will be hosting my second Dutch solo exhibition, which has yet to be titled. The opening will be held on September 4th. The work for this show is centered around Glaciers and my relationship with the mountains. The Glacial Series was merely touched upon in 2013 and for this show I am focusing on this theme. So far, the work has been emerging beyond expectations, and I feel this is some of my most interesting sculptures to date. It will be exciting to see this series together in September. Victoria and I hope to see you at Dock Gallery on September 4th. For more information please visit the Dock Gallery website.
Below are some photos and videos of the exhibition’s progress and inspirations.

Big Four Ice Cave, Washington

Glacial lake, Washington

Glacial lake between Vesper and Sperry Peaks, Washington

Working on the outer rim of a glacial lake inspired sculpture

Surface texture

Details of the sculpted rim

Details of the inside of a glass glacier
Surface texture

The high polish of this edge brings this sculpture to life

Details of some polished lenses
Carving the edge of this sculpture.

Field study of some ice during a hike

Pulling the ice cube murrini
Ice cube murrini ready to be picked up and turned into a sculpture

Inside details after some surface carving

Details of the edge of this sculpture before high polish
After the high polish
Some of these sculptures are my largest to date. This particular one didn’t make it as the weight of it broke the largest blowpipe on the market.
How air is whipped into the glass to create bubbles.

Details of the surface. Peering into ice.
Bubbles trapped deep under the ice.
Removing some color to create floating icebergs near the rim.