Artwork copyright Roger Nachman. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2016.

Artwork copyright Roger Nachman. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2017.

Artwork copyright Roger Nachman. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2016.

Artwork copyright Roger Nachman. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2016.

Artwork copyright Roger Nachman. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2016.

Artwork copyright Roger Nachman. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2016.

3 WannaBees and a Honeycomb, 1999

Roger Nachman
American (born 1953)

Location: Henry David Thoreau Elementary, Kirkland

About the Artwork

3 WannaBees and a Honeycomb is part of a series of glassworks created by Roger Nachman to celebrate the beauty of insects. He states "rarely do we take the time or interest to admire the small details that make our world so beautiful and complete."

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Lake Washington School District.

About the Artist

Nachman graduated from the University of Colorado. He lived and worked in Kyoto, Japan for eight years between 1973 and 1985, where he was an important part of the Studio Glass Movement in Japan. Nachman also teaches kilnworking techniques for glass around the U.S. and abroad.