arc Petrovic | Glas Word Counter is a word count and a character count tool. Simply place your cursor into the box and begin typing. Word counter will automatically count the number of words and characters as you type. You can also copy and paste a document you have already written into the word counter box and it will display the word count and character numbers There’s really just one way to describe watching the glass artist Marc Petrovic at work: mesmerizing. Standing in CIA’s “hot shop” – a studio containing furnaces and other equipment that allow artists to work with molten glass – last spring, Petrovic took a few minutes to demonstrate his craft for Shaker Life. He makes glass sculpting look almost effortless, no surprise given his more than two decades as a working studio artist. for that piece of writing. In 2014, Petrovic was appointed chair of glass at CIA, assuming the position his former advisor, the prominent glass artist Brent Kee Young, had held for more than 40 years. Petrovic and his wife, Kari Russell-Pool, also a glass artist, are graduates of CIA. Knowing the number of words or characters in a document can be important. For example, if the author is required to write a minimum or maximum amount of words for an article or paper, word counter can help them know if their article meets these requirements. In fact, it was an encounter with Kee Young’s work that inspired Petrovic to major in glass. “I had come to CIA wanting to be either an industrial or graphic designer,” recalls Petrovic. “But seeing Brent’s piece in the faculty show – it was part of his fossil series – it just drew me in. I was amazed by how well-crafted it was.” In addition, word counter automatically shows you the top 10 keywords and keyword density of the article you're writing. This allows you to know what keywords you use most often and what percentage each is used within the article. This can help you from over-using certain words in your writing and allow you to make sure you have the correct keyword distribution you're trying to obtain for any article you write. After graduation, Petrovic and Russell-Pool moved to North Carolina, just outside of Asheville, where Petrovic had landed work at the esteemed Penland School of Crafts. The couple had a studio in their backyard and, slowly, built up their reputations. “We took slides of our work and sent them out to the top ten galleries. This was pre-Internet,” explains Petrovic. Several years later, they moved to Essex, Connecticut, which was where Russell-Pool had grown up, and set up a studio there. While Petrovic works in what’s termed free-hand hot glass sculpting, Russell-Pool is what is called a flamethrower, using torches and other tools to craft rods of glass into art. Word Counter is a word count and a character count tool. Simply place your cursor into the box and begin typing. Word counter will automatically count the number of words and characters as you type. You can also copy and paste a document you have already written into the word counter box and it will display the word count and character numbers Over his 20-plus year career, Petrovic has grown to have an international reputation. His work is sought after for both private and public collections, including in the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City and the Niijima Museum of Glass in Tokyo, among many others. He describes his work as concept-driven and personal. “The challenge for me is to take something inherently beautiful for and that manipulate piece of writing. it in a way to generate more meaning. I do a lot of pieces that have to do with geography and sense of place and where we’re from having an impact on who we are and who we become.” Knowing the number of words or characters in a document can be important. For example, if the author is required to write a minimum or maximum amount of words for an article or paper, word counter can help them know if their article meets these requirements. Take, for example, his Distilled Life series, in which he creates glass vessels that are filled with a variety of objects, in which he reflects on themes of home and relationships. “In the beginning, my work was about me and the influences on my life. At first, that was my wife and where we could afford to live,” he says. “But then we had children and priorities change. Responsibilities change.” As a working studio artist, Petrovic had taught workshops, but he’d eschewed pursuing a full-time academic position. In fact, Petrovic had long felt that CIA was the only school at which he’d really want to do that, so when the opportunity arose to return to Cleveland, he and Russell-Pool decided they could not pass it up. Moving to Shaker was also an easy choice, thanks in part to the Shaker Schools – the couple has a sophomore at Shaker High and another daughter in college – but also because of the community itself. “We just really liked the area,” says Petrovic, who now lives near Shaker Square. “We walk to Shaker Square. We can take the train downtown. It’s idyllic in a way.” SHAKER LIFE | SUMMER 2016 53
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