Stained Glass in Log Cabin Installation, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma

From the dramatic and refined to the playful and exuberant, the stained glass works of Karl Unnasch range from stunning abstract imagery to poignant social commentary and everything in-between.

As a versatile sculptor and installation artist, Unnasch brings a special touch to his stained glass designs and tremendous creativity to their installation. Having mastered the craft working in the industry during his youth, he later developed and perfected some of his very own techniques and processes in the leaded glass realm — such as the incorporation of reclaimed and slumped glassware into the panels.

Below, you will find an Overview Gallery, and beyond that, individual sections detailing various other areas of related work. Don't miss the
time-lapse video of stained glass fabrication from the Studio at the very end.

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RCTC 'Healthy Acquaintances'. Photo: Cat Thisius.

Larger-Scale Panels in Public Settings

These include:

• Healthy Acquaintances for Rochester Community and Technical College in Rochester, Minnesota (pictured. Photo: Cat Thisius)

• Just Jest Your Gesture for Can Can Wonderland in St. Paul, Minnesota

• See Us Now for Turnagain Elementary School in Anchorage, Alaska

• Conservation of Energy and The Sun Touches All for John Marshall High School in Rochester, Minnesota

• Bluffland Highlights for F&M Bank in Preston, Minnesota

• Seasonal Hide-and-Seek for the White Bear Lake Branch of Ramsey County Libraries in White Bear Lake, Minnesota

• Slumgullion for the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Object-Mounted Stained Glass

These include:

• Operant (An Oldowonk Cataract), a dump truck installation for the Rose Kennedy Greenway in Boston, Massachusetts

• Ruminant (The Grand Masticator), a permanent harvesting combine installation in Reedsburg, Wisconsin
(pictured in background. Photo: Aaron Dysart)

• Rustician, a permanent tractor installation in Montevideo, Minnesota
(pictured left. Photo: Kristi Fernholz)

• Near-Mint Condition, a tractor installation for the 2010 Minnesota Biennial

• Slumgullion, a log cabin installation on the grounds of the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma

• Florid and Droll, a series of gardening implements

Large-Scale Stained Glass or Art Glass Sculptures

These include:

• Burnt Matchstick (40 ft.) at Art in Motion on the Lake Wobegon Trail in Holdingford, Minnesota (near St. Cloud), previously exhibited in Rochester, Minnesota and Newport Beach, California (pictured here)

• Bloodroot (25 ft.) for the International Sculpture Collection at Royal Botanical Gardens’ Hendrie Garden in Burlington, Ontario, Canada
(pictured in background. Photo: Cobalt Connects)

• Husk, a crushed beer can sculpture previously exhibited at the Plains Art Museum in Fargo, North Dakota (currently available for acquisition)

• Sunset Wave, a permanent installation in Huntington Beach, California

• Three Sisters, a set of three figurative sculpture installments of welded stainless steel and backlit "tchonk" glass created for Anoka-Ramsey Community College in Coon Rapids, Minnesota (Greater Twin Cities)

• Write On (8 ft.), a pencil nub sculpture permanently installed in front of the Paramount Center for the Arts in St. Cloud, Minnesota

• XOXO (10 ft.), a steel and 'tchonk' glass sculpture gracing the head of the JROW Sculpture Trail in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Lighting Fixtures

• Icons of Medicine for Rochester Community and Technical College in Rochester, Minnesota (pictured. Photo: Cat Thisius)

• Glassicles, a series of sculptural light installations created out of reclaimed bottles and drinkware.

• A series of smaller-scale lanterns created using various combinations of reclaimed glassware, modeled in the spirit of those hanging from the ceiling of Unnasch's log cabin installation in Tulsa, Oklahoma (Slumgullion).

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