Annie Destito

thetimefold@gmail.com

www.anniedestito.com

Artist's Bio

Hello my name is Annie destito. I am a glass artist creating work in the beautiful Adirondack Mountains of up state NY. I have been working in the field of glass since June of 1999. This medium has changed my life. The things i have learned along the way have just been amazing.

I took my first classes at Corning NY in April of 1999 and I was hooked after that. I have worked with quite a few other glass artist during my study so far and hope to meet and work with many more.

When I was a young child i spent most of my days creating things with my hands. I always knew in my heart that i would do this for a long time. It has always just felt right to create new items. I remember when I was in high school I got a scholarship to a local college to study studio art. It was this time frame in my life that really changed everything for me. I love art but had not found my medium yet. We did a lot of 2 dimensional drawing and painting and 3 dimensional with ceramics.. My second love will always be ceramics. It was glass that spoke to me. It has a certain fluidity about it. For me i think in 3 dimensional images so i see things and out they come. Its quite amazing even to me. I think that's why i am still doing it. Each day is so new and such a strange experience. I often think while i work that I am on a huge ball of mud sailing through space at god knows what speed and here I am this little ant making a fancy art glass item. Just an interesting thought!!

I think i find most of my inspiration in the world around me. I have 2 lovely dogs, both are rescued from different times in my life. Lady bug is 9 yrs old and is a black lab. Most recently i adopted Jake. He is a 13 yr old black lab male with lots of spunk. Last i have a black bunny name fu fu bunikins.

I attended college in Potsdam NY and majored in psychology with a minor in ceramics... during school i did a lot of mixed media with ceramics and glass.. i was selected from my ceramics class to be in a show held in the Smithsonian in Washington dc.. it was a studio auction.... The piece i am most proud of was sold in this show.. it was called thetimefold.

Life has been interesting thus far, and i can only see my self creating even more art.