Nan Burke

Contact at nanburke@nanburkeglassart.com

Artist Bio

As an artist, Nancy E. Burke takes workshop courses from a variety of internationally known instructors in kilnformed glass and adapts their methods to her own work. After a 20-year career in the computer industry, Ms. Burke established her Westborough, MA, studio, Quicksilver Glass, in 2004, and sells her work in shows, galleries, and on commission. She has been serving as the president of the Clever Hand Gallery artisans’ cooperative since early 2022.

Artist Statement

Glass affords many exciting properties for artists, including texture, color, transparency, and the ability to be shaped and fused with heat. I enjoy working with glass in a kiln to represent the interplays of light and surfaces in nature, and using the properties of glass to achieve the effects I want, whether it is creating dappled light among the trees, movement of water in a rushing stream, or in giving a fabric-like texture to a bowl.