Ione Thorkelsson

Ione Thorkelsson is one of Canada's recognized glass artists. Winner of the 2010 Governor General Saidye Bronfman Award, Ione has spent a lifetime exploring glass sculpture. After twenty years of making vivid blown glass pieces, Thorkelsson turned to master kiln cast glass. 

Largely self-taught and operating a one-woman studio for nearly forty years in relative isolation has forced her to be technically innovative.  As a consequence, she has acquired through time a formidable knowledge of all aspects of glass art.
Her works have been exhibited across North America, Europe and Asia.


In this video for the Saidye Bronfman Award, Ione Thorkelsson discusses her transition from blown glass to her signature cast glass technique.

Read more about Ione Thorkelsson's installation work here.

See Ione Thorkelsson's CV here

Ione Thorkelsson

Ione Thorkelsson

$2,400.00
Scrivener, cast glass assemblage in the Fig Series, 6.5 x 11.5 x 33.5 cm Click here for more work by this artist
Reassembly 2276 by Ione Thorkelsson

Ione Thorkelsson

$1,900.00
Reassembly 2276.   Blown glass, intentionally broken and re-formed, with wire and string suggesting its means of connection. Click here for more work by this artist
Hugo, cast glass and bone fragments.

Ione Thorkelsson

$700.00
Hugo, cast glass small scale sculpture with bone fragments from the bioPunk series. 7.5 x 10 x 19.5 cm Click here for more work by this artist
Marine Avifauna, with cast glass, steel armature, and silicone by Ione Thorkelsson.

Ione Thorkelsson

$30,000.00
Marine Avifauna mD31704, a dolphin skeleton cast in glass and suspended on a steel armature. 250 x 67 x 60cm ht. Click here for more work by this artist
Fledglings with cast glass by Ione Thorkelsson.

Ione Thorkelsson

$8,000.00
Fledglings, cast glass assemblage. Click here for more work by this artist
Corrections #2 by Ione Thorkelsson

Ione Thorkelsson

$15,000.00
Corrections #2.  A massive glass casting of a tree trunk with painted wood connector trusses. 52 x 32 x 31 cm Click here for more work by this artist
Ione Thorkelsson

Ione Thorkelsson

$25,000.00
Corrections #4.  A remarkable cast glass tree trunk with stainless steel band connectors.122 x 102 x 173 cm Click here for more work by this artist
Corrections # 1 by Ione Thorkelsson

Ione Thorkelsson

$23,000.00
Corrections # 1: with watershoots. A massive cast glass tree trunk, with painted wood shoots.61 x 59 x 155 cm Click here for more work by this artist
glass sculpture

Ione Thorkelsson

$10,000.00
2109 narrative/MA, a cast glass assemblage suspended on a steel base. 43.5 x 18 x 69.5cm ht Click here for more work by this artist