Wiregrass Gallery - March 2022 Featured Artist - Cheryl Sattler

Cheryl Sattler
Cheryl is a fused glass artist. Her textured and touchable glass pieces are a celebration of the natural world.
She works inside the kiln in a way that’s different from anyone else, creating glass that captures not only light but movement – moments in time. Her glass worlds are full of leaves, and water, and fields of wildflowers just right for running through barefoot. Everything starts with sheets of colored glass, or the same glass crushed to varying degrees – but the result is magic.  Her glass begs to be touched (and you should).
She experiments constantly – and still has never found a rule she didn’t want to break. That’s why her studio is called Imagine That! Glass – because in the imagination, there are no rules.
“The cycle of life in the natural world is visible to us in a way we cannot truly contemplate ourselves, and functions as allegory to our own lives. Daily, often minute changes unfold - whether we choose to observe or not. Plant life offers us a mirror to the constantly shifting, ephemeral nature of the self. The fluidity of glass emphasizes this constant metamorphosis while its fragility serves as a reminder of both our own and the planet's frailty.”
Visit the Wiregrass Gallery next door to the Thomasviille Visitor’s Center and the Municipal Auditorium during First Friday Sip and Stroll to meet Cheryl and enjoy a little wine and refreshments.