Red and Black, 2006
Artists & Performing Arts
Maya Travaglia
Flat Glass Artist

Maya Glass 103, 2005

Maya Travaglia
South Berwick, Maine
207 752-2833
mtravaglia@comcast.net
www.mayatravaglia.com
By appointment:
The Mill at Salmon Falls (studio)
Rollinsford, NH
Prices: $300 to $2,000
Commissions welcome.
Maya Travaglia draws first in pencil or pastels, often in shades of gray, thinking only of line and composition, not yet in terms of glass. Yet that’s precisely the medium she will ultimately use. Unlike Tiffany-style stained glass, which is deliberate and decorative, her art evolves as she works. From a completed design on paper, she creates a template to place on a light box. The template aids her spontaneous selection of colors and materials that vary by thickness and texture.

“Antique hand-blown glass is organic,” says Travaglia. “Movement is created as it cools whereas machine glass can be colder, more opaque, but its colors can be more intense.” Overlays of glass on glass create physical depth. Her collage-like works are abstract expressionist interpretations of nature. In them, some see frost patterns, trees or even human forms but that’s not her intent. They are visual jazz compositions.

“I’m in love with the process of drawing with glass, the potential of using glass to bring ideas to fruition,” says Travaglia. “It’s better than therapy.”