San Francisco native Lin McJunkin is an artist and science educator who feels compelled to advocate for the health of our planet and its inhabitants.  Her sculpture focuses the heat of her commitment, as well as that of her glass kilns and metal torches, on the effects of our behavior on the environment.

After working with glass molds at Pilchuck International Glass School outside of Stanwood, WA, she developed a modern approach to the ancient pate de verre (paste of glass) method of casting forms with spiky edges for her gallery pieces. In her larger outdoor works for public places, she also employs a kiln-carving approach in order to emboss patterns into the backs of large panels of glass.  

Welded steel sculptural elements, created in collaboration with metal sculptor Milo White, embrace her glass forms, providing structural support and conceptual context. She and Milo have worked together on Public Art projects for the last 10 years, with major work in Washington State in Langley, Lynnwood, Mt. Vernon, Olympia and soon, Roslyn and Bellingham. They also create private commissions and have loaned their sturdy pieces to outdoor municipal sculpture programs in Washington, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Colorado and Arizona. Their most exciting commission to date has been for the City of Roslyn, WA in honor of the Yakama Nation.

Lin divides her focus between gallery work and public works for private, municipal and corporate holdings.  Her glass sculptures have been shown in galleries and publications across the country, including the upcoming REFRACT Glass Festival sponsored by Dale Chihuly’s Garden and Glass venue in Seattle, Oct. 13-15, 2023. Her work is exhibited and held in collections across the US, Canada, Europe, S. Africa, and most recently, China and Singapore.