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"The way light and glass interact with one another has always interested me, therefore many of my pieces change color or cast beautiful shadows when placed in direct light. I try to work directly with the interaction between light and manipulated glass that causes shadows as beautiful forms themselves."
Brock has taught at The Pilchuck Glass School, Penland School, Appalachian Center for Crafts and the Tennessee Technological University. He has lectured widely in the U.S. and Japan. In 1988 he received the Shimono Sake Museum Prize at the International Glass Now Competition. He is the recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts grants, a Southern Arts Fellowship grant, and a Tennessee Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship.
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The years Brock spent working and teaching at The Pilchuck Glass School strongly influence his art. He a met and worked with Dale Chihuly, Lino Tagliapietra, William Morris, Stanislav Libensky and Jaroslava Brychtova, Bertil Vallien and many other well established glass artists. Brock's work is widely exhibited, including over 25 national and international museum collections.
"Some of my vessels use opalescent glass, often with flakes of color like confetti falling through the air. Normally, opaque glass has a heavy and solid feeling to it. I was fascinated by the challenge of working with opal glass and still maintaining a light and airy quality."
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