by Shawn Waggoner

Photography by Richard La Londe and Roger Schreiber

Ruth Brockmann’s totemic masks and animal figures address the interconnectedness and spirituality of all living things. Inspired by Pacific Northwest mythologies, her fused and cast work paved the way for a new generation of kiln formed and fused glass artists as she became one of a group of women attracting international notoriety for her art during the early days of the Studio Glass movement.