Harry Pollitt

A self taught sculptor of curves, voids and the unusual. A lover of all things wood and then in 2009 a "cross-over" to the luminosity and color palette of cast glass sculpture using the lost wax process.

Harry Pollitt - Bashert glass sculpture

SOFA 2017

After a successful debut with Adam Blaue Gallery last year, Cheri Discenzo has decided to get the band back together. So below are this year’s Pollitt works that will proudly represent me.  Come to the gallery space —Booth #1120— and see the works… Capricious, Bashert and, my newest piece, What’s Math Got To Do With

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Artist in Residency

PHOTOS CREDIT: Buffalo Creek Art Center website. Pollitt accepts Artist in Residency Buffalo Creek Art Center, Nevada, June 2018 I am a stay at home kind of guy.  I like my space and my routine.  My studio is a familiar comfort zone. Everything is right there. Just walk in. And pick up where I left

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SOFA 2016

A seamless opportunity… Cheri Discenzo, Gallery Director of Adam Blaue Gallery, Cleveland, offered me a seamless opportunity to show Pollitt glass sculptures at SOFA Chicago 2016. I’m delighted that I accepted her invitation. The show was a kick off to Cheri’s new gallery venture and our ongoing working relationship. My newest piece, Capricious, was just

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Harry Pollitt - Zest glass sculpture

Zest

ZEST LEMON YELLOW 12″ H, 4″ Dia. COLLECTED Zest Zest was inspired by my first-ever combination wood and glass sculpture, entitled Genesis. The inner section was a wood sculpture. I liked the minimalized surface areas and structure. But since I never duplicate a piece, I modified the wood design and had a go at it

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Harry Pollitt - 10" high glass sculpture in purple

Treasure

TREASURE FUCHSIA 10″ H, 3″ Dia. COLLECTED Treasure A couple of years ago, I was approached about a possible commission to create a series of cast glass sculpture “awards.” They were to be handed out annually at a prestigious international ceremony to the winners.  I became engrossed by the idea.  It also triggered my interest in creating works

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Shape Shifter

Shape Shifter : In previous glass pieces, I utilized the basic form – inside outside curved lines and planes. But, here, for the first time, I incorporated diverging lines. Lines that heretofore I had only used in my wood wall sculptures.

Shape Shifter | 7″ h, 12″ diameter | Kiln cast dichroic crystal | Hyacinth | SOLD to Private Collection.

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Cascade

Cascade: Remember Orangesicles from your childhood? I was trying to capture the feeling of orange ice warming in the Summer sun and slumping – or, well, cascading down.

Cascade | 1′-6″ h, 10″ diameter | Kiln cast crystal | Apricot | SOLD to Private Collection.

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