john wilkes

glass

SFSU glass class

I host the web page for the San Francisco State University glassblowing program, which is where I spend much of my spare time trying to learn how to blow glass.

 

My glass

Until I have time to create a proper page with more details, here is a sample of some of my work over the period 2007-2009.

history

Sarum seminar: gothic architecture and medieval life

I host the web page for the Sarum Seminar, a group of people who meet as a result of Robert Scott's course on Gothic Cathedrals and Great Churches of England, 1150-1350, run by the Stanford Continuing Studies Program.

art

Titian's Venus of Urbino

In the spring of 1996, Christy Junkerman taught a superb Stanford Continuing Studies course on Italian Renaissance art. One outcome was an essay I wrote on the possible meaning of Titian's Venus of Urbino.