SciArt Magazine - All Issues February 2016 | Page 12

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Hare Studying an Einstein-Rosen Bridge (2015).
9’ x 12’ x 9’. Wood, canvas, paint, glass, hand-tied
fishing net. Image courtesy of the artist.

John Hylton creates work that tells stories about man’s understanding of the cosmos. “I’m creating
objects to tell a new story about cosmology, the way the ancients tracked the cosmos and told stories of
the stars.” Growing up in Ohio, Hylton was exposed to effigy mounds, the aerospace industry, and architecture. These experiences have stayed with him and have melded together to become the source of his
current work. After graduating from Ohio State University he headed west, first to be part of the glass
art movement in Seattle [