Wesley Neal Rasko was born in 1980, in Calgary (Canada). Lives and works in Zelezny Brod, Czech Republic. He studied in 1998-1999 at the Alberta College of Art and Design, and in 1999-2000 he was an apprentice in Bohumil Eliaš's studio.
Swirling colors, emotions, nature and awe-inspiring fascination; this is what Wesley Neal Rasko captures in his unique pieces of glass work. Glass, a medium most cannot associate fluidity and flexibility with, is what Wesley finds to be the most romantic. Experimenting and playing with the idea of "contrast" regarding color, feeling, texture and transparency. His glass sculptures are made of painted and laminated float glass, cast glass, optical crystal and exotic stone. The glass pieces are then hand ground and polished to their final brilliance. His inspiration comes firstly from emotions, inter-personal relations and the world we live in.
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