Biography
Randy Walker a 1981 graduate of Oklahoma State University, now lives in Bellingham, Washington. Randy first came to Pilchuck Glass school in 1989 as a student and has worked every summer for Pilchuck as staff, faculty member or craftsman since 1990. During the school’s off season, Walker made his work in Pilchuck’s hot shop.
Randy was a principal member of the William Morris blowing team for sixteen years, helping to make some of the world’s most innovative glass works. For the past decade, Walker has been a frequent faculty member at Pilchuck and has taught workshops in Canada, Japan, New Zealand and across the United States. In 2006 he was a featured demonstrating artist at the International Glass Art Society conference. His work is exhibited nationally, as well as in France and Canada.
“The stillness and solitude of the forest is a basic necessity for me. Life’s seasons and cycles are played out with timeless patience. It’s one place where the beauty of change, both death and birth, is celebrated equally. I want to capture this essence in my work.
I gather inspiration from molten glass’s animated movement, evocative colors and intricate surfaces equal to the inspiration I harvest from the same essential qualities found in nature. – Randy Walker”