"My sculptures are oil-filled kinetic glass cylinders I call Sea Cores. The name and shape are loosely based on core samples scientist take to study the ocean, but I make no attempt to represent any known sea life. Instead, I invent my own inhabitants for these magical worlds. I choose glass as my medium because it allows me to manipulate the color and transparency of each individual creature. Since Sea Cores are designed to be looked through, rather than simply looked at, the transparent colors blend and form new colors from every vantage point. I focus on the movement of the air bubbles, and the patterns created by the bubbles as they weave through the glass and travel up the core. I plan the placement of each suspended creature in the bubble path to get subtle lifelike movement throughout the sculpture. This allows me to create living environments that generate the same excitement I felt as a child." There is a surprising amount of engineering that goes into Sigethy’s sculptures. “I guess I’ve always been a geeky girl, but I like figuring things out. Problem-solving has been a major part of every job I’ve ever had.”Sigethy may have always made things, but she didn’t start out as a professional artist. She studied Theater and Lighting Design at Mason Gross School of the Arts and got degrees in Interior Design and Art History from Marymount University. In her varied career, she worked as a theater lighting designer, marketing executive, kayak instructor, and wilderness medicine trainer before pursuing art full time. “They are all ingredients in the stew,” she explains. “I think the love of light and color that drew me to theater lighting is the same love that makes glass so compelling, and my choice of subject matter comes from time spent outdoors.”