Mundy Hepburn

Hepburn, a resident of Old Saybrook, Connecticut began blowing glass at the age of eight after seeing an exhibition at a local fair. His first attempts were the result of melting light bulbs on the kitchen stove, but as his glass blowing techniques became more sophisticated he began to experiment with gas mixtures and high frequency electricity. For the past decade he has been working with his own home made furnace to make a unique new kind of sculpture. His newest installation which he describes as “a garden of unearthly delight” is comprised of glass sculptures that are filled with helium, neon, krypton, argon, and xenon, which create colorful, changing lights inside the glass as low wattage electricity vibrates through. These free form works range from several inches to nine feet tall and because so little electricity is used, the sculpture remains lit practically forever with many running some 15 years after their original installation. Children are especially enchanted by Hepburn’s work which responds to human touch by changing colors brought about by a variation in the static charge. Hepburn has exhibited his work internationally and is sought after by many private and public collections.