Alchemy of Craft: The Celestial Vessels of Lanny Bergner
September 20, 2025 – October 31, 2025
Lanny Bergner
Eruptio
Stainless steel mesh, coated copper wire, acrylic medium
H7 x W10.5 x D10.5 in.
$750

Lanny Bergner
Spark of Life
2025
Stainless steel mesh, coated copper wire, acrylic medium, glass frit
H8.5 x W14 x D14 in.
$1,150.

Lanny Bergner
Gilded Portal
Stainless steel mesh, coated copper wire, acrylic medium
H6 x W7 x D7 in.
$850.

Lanny Bergner
Envictus Capsa
Stainless steel mesh, coated copper wire, acrylic medium
H7.5 x W7 x D7 in.
$950.

Lanny Bergner
Tumidam Capsa
Stainless steel mesh, coated copper wire, acrylic
medium, glass frit
H12 x W16 x D16 in.
$3,600.

Lanny Bergner
Twist in Space-time #3
Stainless steel mesh, coated copper wire, acrylic medium, glass frit
H13 x W9 x D9 in.
$2,400.

Lanny Bergner
Twist in Space-time #2
Stainless steel mesh, coated copper wire, acrylic medium, glass frit.
H14 x W10.5 x D10.5
$3,000.

Lanny Bergner
Twist in Space-time #1
Stainless steel mesh, coated copper wire, acrylic medium, glass frit
H15 x W11.5 x D11.5 in
$3,200.
Lanny Bergner
Regeneration Machine
Stainless steel mesh, coated copper wire, acrylic medium, glass frit, pins
H21 x W16 x D16 in.
$4,200.

Lanny Bergner
Codex Four
Stainless steel mesh, acrylic medium, wire, glass frit
H24 x W11 x D11 in.
$3,800.

Lanny Bergner
Codex 2
2024
Hanging sculpture.
Stainless steel mesh, acrylic medium, wire, glass frit
H40 x W16 x D16 in.
$4,800.
Lanny Bergner
Eruptio
Stainless steel mesh, coated copper wire, acrylic medium
H7 x W10.5 x D10.5 in.

Lanny Bergner
Spark of Life
2025
Stainless steel mesh, coated copper wire, acrylic medium, glass frit
H8.5 x W14 x D14 in.

Lanny Bergner
Gilded Portal
Stainless steel mesh, coated copper wire, acrylic medium
H6 x W7 x D7 in.

Lanny Bergner
Envictus Capsa
Stainless steel mesh, coated copper wire, acrylic medium
H7.5 x W7 x D7 in.

Lanny Bergner
Tumidam Capsa
Stainless steel mesh, coated copper wire, acrylic
medium, glass frit
H12 x W16 x D16 in.

Lanny Bergner
Twist in Space-time #3
Stainless steel mesh, coated copper wire, acrylic medium, glass frit
H13 x W9 x D9 in.

Lanny Bergner
Twist in Space-time #2
Stainless steel mesh, coated copper wire, acrylic medium, glass frit.
H14 x W10.5 x D10.5

Lanny Bergner
Twist in Space-time #1
Stainless steel mesh, coated copper wire, acrylic medium, glass frit
H15 x W11.5 x D11.5 in
Lanny Bergner
Regeneration Machine
Stainless steel mesh, coated copper wire, acrylic medium, glass frit, pins
H21 x W16 x D16 in.

Lanny Bergner
Codex Four
Stainless steel mesh, acrylic medium, wire, glass frit
H24 x W11 x D11 in.

Lanny Bergner
Codex 2
2024
Hanging sculpture.
Stainless steel mesh, acrylic medium, wire, glass frit
H40 x W16 x D16 in.
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Lanny Bergner
Eruptio
Stainless steel mesh, coated copper wire, acrylic medium
H7 x W10.5 x D10.5 in.
$750

Lanny Bergner
Spark of Life
2025
Stainless steel mesh, coated copper wire, acrylic medium, glass frit
H8.5 x W14 x D14 in.
$1,150.
Lanny Bergner
Gilded Portal
Stainless steel mesh, coated copper wire, acrylic medium
H6 x W7 x D7 in.
$850.
Lanny Bergner
Envictus Capsa
Stainless steel mesh, coated copper wire, acrylic medium
H7.5 x W7 x D7 in.
$950.
Lanny Bergner
Tumidam Capsa
Stainless steel mesh, coated copper wire, acrylic
medium, glass frit
H12 x W16 x D16 in.
$3,600.
Lanny Bergner
Twist in Space-time #3
Stainless steel mesh, coated copper wire, acrylic medium, glass frit
H13 x W9 x D9 in.
$2,400.
Lanny Bergner
Twist in Space-time #2
Stainless steel mesh, coated copper wire, acrylic medium, glass frit.
H14 x W10.5 x D10.5
$3,000.
Lanny Bergner
Twist in Space-time #1
Stainless steel mesh, coated copper wire, acrylic medium, glass frit
H15 x W11.5 x D11.5 in
$3,200.
Lanny Bergner
Regeneration Machine
Stainless steel mesh, coated copper wire, acrylic medium, glass frit, pins
H21 x W16 x D16 in.
$4,200.
Lanny Bergner
Codex Four
Stainless steel mesh, acrylic medium, wire, glass frit
H24 x W11 x D11 in.
$3,800.
Lanny Bergner
Codex 2
2024
Hanging sculpture.
Stainless steel mesh, acrylic medium, wire, glass frit
H40 x W16 x D16 in.
$4,800.
Lanny Bergner
Eruptio
Stainless steel mesh, coated copper wire, acrylic medium
H7 x W10.5 x D10.5 in.

Lanny Bergner
Spark of Life
2025
Stainless steel mesh, coated copper wire, acrylic medium, glass frit
H8.5 x W14 x D14 in.
Lanny Bergner
Gilded Portal
Stainless steel mesh, coated copper wire, acrylic medium
H6 x W7 x D7 in.
Lanny Bergner
Envictus Capsa
Stainless steel mesh, coated copper wire, acrylic medium
H7.5 x W7 x D7 in.
Lanny Bergner
Tumidam Capsa
Stainless steel mesh, coated copper wire, acrylic
medium, glass frit
H12 x W16 x D16 in.
Lanny Bergner
Twist in Space-time #3
Stainless steel mesh, coated copper wire, acrylic medium, glass frit
H13 x W9 x D9 in.
Lanny Bergner
Twist in Space-time #2
Stainless steel mesh, coated copper wire, acrylic medium, glass frit.
H14 x W10.5 x D10.5
Lanny Bergner
Twist in Space-time #1
Stainless steel mesh, coated copper wire, acrylic medium, glass frit
H15 x W11.5 x D11.5 in
Lanny Bergner
Regeneration Machine
Stainless steel mesh, coated copper wire, acrylic medium, glass frit, pins
H21 x W16 x D16 in.
Lanny Bergner
Codex Four
Stainless steel mesh, acrylic medium, wire, glass frit
H24 x W11 x D11 in.
Lanny Bergner
Codex 2
2024
Hanging sculpture.
Stainless steel mesh, acrylic medium, wire, glass frit
H40 x W16 x D16 in.
Alchemy of Craft:
The Celestial Vessels
of Lanny Bergner
September 20 – October 31, 2025

Lanny’s sculptural works are uniquely created out of industrially woven stainless steel and copper mesh that he cuts into intricately designed shapes and flame paints with a butane and/or propane torch. He hand models the mesh creating bas-relief that accentuates the flame painted designs. Then, using linesman pliers, he connects the mesh together transforming it into three-dimensional semi-transparent constructionsoften embellishing the structures with hand-painted acrylic medium “ribbons” and/or silicone balls coated with glass frit (crushed stained glass). To finish each piece he stitches seams and edges with coated colored wire.

The vessels in this Mobilia exhibition represent a body of work possessing rigid geometric patterning and angled shaping in opposition to the airiness of the random dots flame-painted throughout the surfaces. The energetic visual conjunction of the two can suggest either the containment or the unbounded nature of the celestial universe.
Lanny Bergner received his BFA in sculpture from the University of Washington and an MFA in sculpture from Tyler School of Art, Temple University. His work is in numerous museum collections including the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, and the Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY.
His work has received many awards including a Gold Prize at the Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Cheongju-City, Republic of Korea and the Betty Bowen Memorial Award administered by the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA. In 2023-24 he was invited to exhibit five sculptures in the “Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses” retrospective at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France (Lanny with his work at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, left). These five works are accompanying the exhibition on its world tour through 2026 with stops in Brisbane, Singapore and Rotterdam.