Taku Wind

Blown and sand carved glass with bronze branches
27.5" x 24" x 17"

Place in the Universe

Blown and sand carved glass
23.25" x 24" x 14"

Peaceful Dreams

Blown and sand carved glass
17.5" x 11" x 4"

In the Spirit Realm

Blown and sand carved glass
12" x 21.5" x 5"

Loon

Blown and sand carved glass
13.75" x 17" x 8"

Made to Heal

Blown and sand carved glass
26.75" x 16" x 9"

White Mist Raven

Blown and sand carved glass
21" x 21" x 19"

Water Journey

Blown and sand carved glass with metal
11.5" x 22.5" x 6"

Eagle Spread His Wings

Blown and sand carved glass
18" x 9.5" x 11"

Ladder in the Ocean

Sand carved glass
25.5" x 14.75" x 4"

Haze of Sorrow

Blown and sand carved glass
22" x 16" x 16"

Cry Harder

Blown and sand carved glass
22" x 7.5" x 6"

Underwater Spirit

Blown and sand carved glass
12" x 20.5" x 5.5"

Land Otter on the River

Blown and sand carved glass
25.5" x 9.5" x 3"

Raven Dreams of a Canoe

Blown and sand carved glass
12" x 22" x 8"

Heron Spirit Helper

Preston Singletary & Joe David
Blown and sand carved glass
40.25" x 8" x 6"

Thunderbird Egg

Preston Singletary & Joe David
Blown and sand carved glass
15" x 8"

Tlingit Basket

Blown and sand carved glass
13” x 12.75”

Tlingit Basket

Blown and sand carved glass
10” x 12”

Tlingit Basket

Blown and sand carved glass
9” x 8.75”

The Importance of Being Raven

Sandra Ainsley Gallery

View The Importance of Being Raven featuring a new collection of blown glass sculptures by Preston Singletary at the Sandra Ainsley Gallery in Toronto from November 23rd, 2024 - January 8th, 2025. Join Singletary for an Opening Reception on Saturday November 23rd, from 2-5PM and an Artist Talk at 3PM.

"Raven is featured in most of the ancient Tlingit stories. For the most part Raven brought order to the world in his actions. He placed the stars, moon and sun in the sky, he shared water with the people and many other things. In these stories we find metaphors of life experiences reflected within them. But at some point, Raven stopped doing things, or at least our narration of it ceased.

In my new body of work I’m imagining that Raven has come back after sleeping for a long time. He does not recognize the world any longer and sets off on new adventures to discover what is going on now and trying to affect changes that are needed in the world. He may be trying to take on climate change, protect the missing and murdered Indigenous women, or he discovered the Residential grave sites.

For us Raven can be a spirit that still teaches us about the world and our place in it. Sometimes he is deliberate in his actions, and sometimes he fails, but he fails up! In any case I hope that this will add to the cultural perspective as we reinvent Raven and his new adventures." - Preston Singletary