L A U R A F U L L E R Maine artist, Laura Fuller has been working in stained glass for twelve years. She began putting three-dimensional objects in her panels while still in school. When discouraged by her instructor from this innovative technique, she committed to the craft of incorporating found objects into her complex glass pieces. Each unique piece expresses not only her story, but also that of the objects incorporated within. For Fuller, each object is a reflection of the complex narrative of life: past, present and future. Fuller studied Art History and French at the Sorbonne in Paris, France. She also studied Theater History and Studio Art at Portland School of Art (now MECA). Artist Statement: Life is change. That is the only reliable certainty. It is constantly and continually progressing and altering. Unexpected and uncertain in outcome, it is certain in process. Objects are our representatives. Living solid, fruitful, domestic, useful lives -- independently functional. These objects, having given two to two hundred years of faithful service, became hidden. In drawers, closets, dumps, underground and in the ocean, waiting. Now, newly born, part of a different whole. Suspended to be gazed at, in reverence. In honor of their, and our, past lives. The beauty is in years of touch as marked by many hands. The experiences portrayed trigger memories, of events lived and imagined. And of what will become. next about schedule contact home

Laura Fuller, window made from found objects, bottle and crystal