Artist, designer and master craftsman, Stuart Abelman is one of a small group of glassblowers who started the art glass studio movement in the United States. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Stuart attended Carnegie-Mellon University where he received his BFA in painting and sculpture. He completed his graduate work at UCLA with an MFA in glass. Stuart simultaneously completed his graduate exhibit, was a UCLA teaching assistant and ran the glass department at El Camino College. He started Abelman Art Glass in 1977. As one of the pioneering leaders in the art glass movement that began in the mid 1960's, Stuart found it a welcome challenge to help bring recognition and appreciation to what had been an all but lost art form.
 

Jesus Garcia was born into a family of well respected glassblowers and started working with his father at age 12. By age 17 his father blessed him as a master glass blower. From 1980 until 1994 he worked for two very well established studios in Southern California and branched out on his own in 1994. All work at AG Glass Studio is handblown by Jesus himself from start to finish. Due to the handcrafted process every piece has it's own individual character. The level of expertise is evident in the fine quality of his works.
 

Anchor Bend Glassworks is an unprecedented glass artist collaborative! This award winning team is comprised of childhood friends, Connor Gavan, Michael Richardson, Justin Tarducci, and Timothy Underwood. All met while exploring their shared enthusiasm for art, glass, and creation. Combining their shared passion for hand blown glass after more than 10 years of personal development, Anchor Bend Glassworks continues to redefine the glassblower's art. The talents from all four artists encourage and compliment the energy and originality that permeates every piece of hand blown glass that Anchor Bend creates. Their award winning designs can be seen at select galleries and museums nationwide.
 

Scott Bayless was raised in a small town in upstate New York. His interests in glass developed at an early age with a visit to the Corning Glass Works. After moving to Chicago in 1994, Scott began doing finishing work for Charles Lotton one of the top glass artists in the world. It was here, at the Lotton Art Glass studio, that his dream of learning to make blown glass was finally realized. He is now creating his own distinctive line of art glass using the centuries old hot glass techniques that have been passed down to him. Scott's creations can be found in galleries and fine gift shops across the country.
 

Mary Ellen Buxton and Kevin Kutch are versatile artists, schooled in various techniques ranging from weaving to welding. During, the last ten years they have been working on collaborative projects, inspired by gems in their natural or cut forms. Their fascination for creating gem-like sculpture is energized by the glass's ability to reflect, refract and magnify light. When looking through the glass sculpture you encounter optical illusions that are created from the faceted exterior. Their ideas begin with roughly sketching out images, which are then used as the basis for the manipulation of hot glass into blown forms. They then continue the process with cold working techniques that combine traditional and innnovative cutting styles, allowing them to experiment with new and unusual sculptural forms.
 

Corey Silverman was formally trained as a glass artist while getting his BFA at Alfred University in Alfred, NY. Upon graduating in 1998 he worked with several glass studios around the country before settling in Denver, CO in 1999. His studies with glass have led him to experiment with slumped forms, casting, cold work, solid sculpting and blowing. After much experimentation with glass, he found himself always coming back to the blown form. “I love the immediacy found in making a blown vessel. There’s no questioning what it’s going to look like. You know the end result as you’re putting it away in the annealer. It feels great to have that kind of instant gratification in an art form.” Horace Marlowe is a studio trained glass artist with over a decade of experience. He got his start in 1996 making glass sculptures in Orlando, Fl. Since then He’s worked in some of the finest glass studios from Florida to Colorado.” My love of glass stems back to 1986 where I experienced it for the first time in Colonel Williamsburg. I was amazed at the grace and fluidity of the glass blowers’ movements. The heat, the fire, the glow of the glass, I knew then, I was hooked.” Now Horace’s work can be found is some of the finest galleries all a cross the globe. “My mission is to explore new techniques and discover all the possibilities of glass making.”
 

Correia Art Glass is of the highest quality and most elegant design. Its allure is the visual aesthetic of color, form and tactile sensation yet it is the perfect marriage of art and function. These pieces beg to be held and used. The molten magic of fire transforming fine sand from the American Southwest into glass is an entirely handmade process using their own formulas of minerals and precious metals. Each unique piece is signed, dated and registered for authenticity. The nation’s great museums own Correia Art Glass. It is in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian Institution, the Corning Museum and the Chrysler Museum of Art.
 

Robert Eickholt has been creating hand blown glass pieces for over 20 years. His work has long been regarded as not only good quality, but of exceptional value as well. Eickholt has perfected certain vessel and solid form shapes over the years and likes to recreate the same or similar shapes with new aesthetic themes. These pieces have a myriad of individual mosaic shapes of colored glass that resemble pieces of agate. Eickholt has been producing his work assisted by a team of experienced artists in Ohio for many years. His selection of vases, perfume bottles and paper weights are of high quality and unique design. He is constantly looking for new and unique designs as well as a way to perfect those he currently produces. In 1978, Robert Eickholt founded Eickholt Glass. Eickholt Glass was established to allow for the development of new designs and decorating techniques for handblown glass art.
 

The works of Roger Gandelman stand out in the world of Art Glass an unusual blend of the present and the past.  It is for this reason that the creations of this master craftsman hold a special place in some of the finest collections in the world. In some of his works, three dimensional flowers and vines with a traditional flavor are used as an interior decoration and contrasts nicely with the smooth contemporary exterior form. Gandelman mixes precious metals such as gold and silver, or rare oxides such as cobalt and copper, with molten glass at temperatures exceeding 2300° to achieve his rich and radiant colors. The combination of transparent and opaque colors suspended in fine crystal gives each piece energy, depth and movement. So return to the age of excellence. This glass will enhance the beauty of any home and enrich the splendor of any art glass collection.  
 

Mark Eckstrand and the artists at Glass Eye Studio have recreated the many creatures populating the saltwater stage with a paralleled liveliness that will tickle any collector's fancy. Brilliant colors and unusual shapes are the norm in seashore settings. This collection consists of anemones, corals, urchins, and clams.
 

Paul Harrie's work is perfect-or he doesn't send it out. His work reveals an interest in classical form, contemporary design and bright clean colors. Pieces are hand blown, then cut, and polished, with considerable skill and attention to detail. Born in North Dakota, he searches to capture the pristine quality of new snow and the clear icy light of the winter of his childhood. He wants to make something that give the impression of opening up, peering into the ice, of looking into a geode. Paul has had his own studio in Southern California since 1980. He taught for several years as glass instructor at the Long Beach and Northridge campuses of the California State University and as assistant glass instructor at UCLA. Paul's work is exhibited in galleries all over North America.
 

Jerry Heer assisted Charles Lotton for eight years of his glassmaking career before beginning on his own career with Lotton Studios. Jerry, nephew of Charles, is every day competing with himself to create a special line of art glass.  Jerry's perfume bottles are one of Lotton Studios best-selling gift items. In the future, he will be fashioning an even broader line of art glass.
 

Born in Santa Ana, California, Robert Held aspired to be an artist from an early age. His father, a sculptor, only lived six years of his son's life, but passed on the talent and appreciation of art that gave Robert the beginnings of a quest to create beauty in form and color. In High School his paintings won him the "Ebell Award" for promising students. He studied painting at Whittier College until ceramics artist F. Carleton Ball crossed his path. To explore this new medium, Robert changed colleges, supporting himself through this time as the Art Director of the Los Angeles County Fair. Pursuing a Master's Degree in Fine Arts at the University of Southern California, Robert was awarded the graduate assistantship. At this time, he won the prestigious "Glen Lukins Award" for new work in ceramics. Upon graduating, Robert was offered a position as Head of Ceramics at a college being built in Ontario. He accepted the position becoming the youngest department head at the Sheridan College - School of Design. In 1968, after a visit to the Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina, Robert Held discovered a new love: the art of glassblowing. He returned to Sheridan College inspired and succeeded in launching Canada's first college level hot glass program in 1969. This program allowed many Canadian artists to become skilled in this medium, and crowned Robert Held as the pioneer of art glass in Canada. Eventually, Mr. Held left the teaching world, and in 1978 he began his own glass studio known as Skookum Art Glass Inc based out of Calgary, AB and operated there until 1987. At this time, he moved to Vancouver, BC, and continues to enjoy much success there today at his studio: Robert Held Art Glass, and also through the many fine galleries and gift shops that carry his work throughout North America, Europe and Japan. Robert uses techniques that date back as long ago as 2000 B.C. however, his collections range from classic to contemporary. Some works are inspired by the paintings of famous artists such as Monet and Klimt, while others take inspiration from photographers and even interior designers. Our studio prides itself on providing its customers with a large selection of affordable hand-blown gift items, as well as Robert Held's individual creations for the serious collector.
 

Michael Hopko has been working with hot molten glass since his first college course in 1990. While following his passion for glass, he worked as an apprentice blower for several artists throughout his home State of California. Soul Glass has been founded on his love of nature and the creativity that glass allows. Michael and his wife Darcy opened Soul Glass in 1996 in the North California Mountains and is easibly able to connect with nature for his inspirations. He is an avid fisherman and that has allowed him to create many fish sculptures and ocean inspired works.
 

The Hunter Art Glass Studio is a one-man studio, specializing in unique and individual art glass pieces. He creates an exquisite one-of-a-kind gift, and his glass is always of serene and soothing elegance. Rick attended Cal State and studied ceramics and glass blowing, he received his BA in Ceramics and graduated with his Masters in Glass Blowers in 1986.
 

Tim Lazer approaches his art with a combined love for the medium, a gifted technique, and the knowledge that the nature of hot glass will forever present a challenge. Over thirty years ago he began his education at Palomar College under the influence of Val Sauders, and continued his glass blowing education at CSU Fullerton. More recently, his work has been influenced by his studies with the Italian glass master Lino Tagliapietra at the Corning Museum Glass Center, New York. Lazer focuses on combining beauty and function to produce vases, perfume bottles, paperweights, platters and ornaments. His glass is exhibited and sold in fine galleries across the U.S. and Europe.
 

David's unique designs have an artistry that leaves the realm of realism and explores the abstract. Employing the technique of compound layering, he incorporates glass murrinis, dichroic glass, gold and/or silver into his paperweights and vessels. Former partner of Nourot Glass Studio until 1997, he and his wife started Lindsay Art Glass in 1998.
 

Daniel Lotton was born into an artistic family and was encouraged from the beginning to use and express his energies. At the age of 14 he began his internship in the family glass studio. Engineering chemical compound formulas, cooking and working molten substances, grinding and polishing the finished product all served as a background for his success today. His skills and commitments grew as he spent many hours sketching new designs, researching new color formulas and using nature as his main inspiration. He communicates his love for nature in every piece he makes.
 

Jack Pine Studios was established in 1999, and has become a Mecca for talented soft glass artisans. At the heart of the studio's work are the designs and techniques developed by Jack Pine. His speciality is the Pumpkin and that is evident by the sizes and colors he creates them in. He enjoys the intense demand on his skills and focus while working at the molten stage. All the energy he uses on the piece is captured in the glass and frozen in time.
 

Dave & Diane Lowery work as a collaborative team using traditional glassblowing methods developed in Murano, Italy thousands of years ago. Working with glass at temperatures over 2000 degrees, they shape and decorate the glass on the end of a five foot stainless steel pipe. Each piece is signed with the Lowery's name, your guarantee of the finest workmanship and quality.
 

Design styles from Lundberg Studios range from antique to contemporary, and from Tiffany to Art Deco. Lundberg Art Glass is made entirely at the studios in Davenport on a limited production basis. Melting all its own exotic colors, Lundberg Studios has refined the art of making quality glass by using a blend of techniques both traditional and innovative. To own a piece of Lundberg Art Glass is to own an heirloom of tomorrow.
 

John McDonald, a resident of Valley Center, Kansas, began developing his talent as a glass artist in his hometown of Liberal, Kansas. John explored the medium of glass beginning with his freshman year at Liberal High School. John's next four years of high school were filled with hours spent in the art department where his talents as a glass artist were growing. After graduating from Liberal High School, John continued in the medium of glass at Seward Community College for two years. John's career as full-time glass artist began after visiting a glass studio in Wichita, Kansas. His visit to the glass studio was part of his curriculum at Seward County. John's talent in the medium of glass was recognized and he was offered a job with the studio. He worked for the Wichita Studio for seven years before building his own studio in Valley Center, Kansas. In 1999 John received additional training from a glass school in Corning, New York. Currently, John is creating art in Valley Center where he lives with his wife, two sons, daughter, three dogs, and a cat. John says he is challenged every day to design new and exciting pieces. His fulfillment comes from seeing what he imagined in this mind come to life on the end of a pipe, and then seeing people enjoy his work.
 

Shawn Messenger's works are inspired by flowers, gardens, and landscapes and are washed with splashes of vibrant color on a 3-dimensional canvas of glass. Each piece is individually designed and hand-blown, using colored glass powders and chips. Transparent veils of color float through her creations and echo the graceful simplicity of forms in nature. Shawn holds a BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art, and furthered her study in glass at the Pilchuck Glass Center and The Toledo Museum of Art. Her works can be found in private collections throughout the US and around the World.
 

Northwest Glass artist James Nowak lives and works in Seattle, Washington, the worlds center of the art glass movement. Having studied at Pilchuck Glass School Pratt Fine Arts Center and Corning, New York provided James with a strong foundation to pursue his glass blowing career. By working closely with many of the Northwest's finest artists such as: Dale Chihuly, Ben Moore, Dante Marioni, Karen Willenbrink, Billy Morris and many others; James has developed a style which incorporates the best of the old European techniques coupled with newly developed processes and materials such as dichoric glass, glow glass, photographic glass and fluorescent glass. The incorporation of these new materials along with traditional Murano techniques like Filligrane canes and murini segments gives the work a contemporary flair with classical roots. The surfaces of Nowak's blown vessels, torsos and paperweights are alive with baroque designs and hidden surprises. James continues to be involved in the glass community by instructing and attending glass classes yearly. James says of his work; "My desire in creating glass is simple, to bring joy and happiness, to create beauty. I hope you enjoy the work."
 

Kevin O'Grady began lampworking glass in 1989 while living in Santa Fe. His prior experience as a silversmith and lapidary artist helped him to quickly develop his lampworking skills. Working glass in a flame is Kevin's favorite artistic medium. Originally known for his glass bracelets, Kevin is also accomplished in making beads, marbles, paperweights, small platters and vessels. Kevin is also well known for his detailed mastering of borosilicate murrini. He was one of the first to pioneer this technique in his medium of borosilicate glass and has murrini canes in the Corning Museum of Glass. Except for his new Ghost Vortex marbles, all of his marbles incorporate a piece of Kevin's signature cane. Ghost vortex marbles are signed and numbered by Kevin.
 

Orient & Flume produces fine art glass for the collector. These signed pieces capture nature's inspiration in both iridescent and crystal clear glass. Nationally acclaimed for its excellence in design since 1972, the glass of Orient & Flume utilizes both traditional and contemporary motifs and can be found in the permanent collections of the most prestigious museums in the world.
 

Tom Philabaum began studying the art of glassblowing at the University of Wisconsin in 1971, where he earned an MA in 1973. After coming to Arizona in 1975, he built his first glass studio in Tucson, and in 1983, earned an MFA from he University of Arizona. His glass studio has been a landmark in the Tucson art scene for 30 years, creating utilitarian, sculptural, and architectural works in a tradition that dates back thousands of years.
 

Glass, like water, is a very fluid and dynamic medium. It can contain, surround, and magnify objects, creating magical effects to delight the eye and fascinate the imagination. Using these properties, Cathy Richardson is able to create beautiful, dynamic designs that are full of life, inviting you to look again and again into her world. She engages three-dimensional environments in paperweights and marbles that express meticulous attention to detail and her life-long love of nature. Touchstone Glass is a family business located in Winona MN. Cathy designs the work and is assisted in its creation by her son, Colin, and husband, Steve. Touchstone Glass creations are sold to collectors and connoisseurs of fine glass by shops and galleries all over the U.S. as well as in Germany and New Zealand. Their work is also in the permanent collections at the Corning Museum of Glass and the Museum of American Glass. Their paperweights and marbles are exquisitely made pieces that you will enjoy for a lifetime.
 

Artist Statement: I became fascinated by glass in my early teens. My mother was then doing her creative work in stained glass, and I watched as she cut and assembled intricate panels to go in homes and public installations in central Iowa. My interest truly grew, however, when I discovered that I could learn to gather hot glass and create simple forms as a recreational glassblower at the Materials Science & Engineering Department at Iowa State University. At their simple furnace, I first learned how to handle the tools of a blower. Then, in 1994, I had an opportunity to take a short course at Corning's Studio Access to Glass and was hooked. I took a second glass course at the Corning Glass Studio in 1996, with Eddie Bernard and Pamina Traylor. “Life took many interesting turns in the next decade, but glass was always in my mind. I worked part-time at Touchstone Glass while attending Winona State University and then, following graduation in 2006, became a full-time member of the studio. “I am intrigued by botanical forms, by the incredible variety of colors, shapes, and textures in plant life. As I have begun creating my own designs for vacuum-encased paperweights, therefore, I have turned to flowers and fruit for inspiration. My still-life assemblages, captured in clear glass, are an attempt to express both the intricate details of plant structure and the simple beauty of outward form. “I have work in the permanent collection at Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY.”
 

Richard Satava, a master glassblower, was introduced to glassblowing in 1969 while attending Ocean High School in Pacifica, CA. He was then educated at the College of San Mateo and California State University, Chico and eventually opened Satava Art Glass Studio in Chico in 1977. Using ancient techniques to create original designs in handblown glass, Satava creates works of art, individually crafted, by carefully combining the highest degree of technical skills and artistic creativity. Well known for his vivid colors and unique portrayal of nature, Satava's works are included in numerous public and private collections throughout the world.
 

The Art Glass produced by Ron Schuster is made of the fines crystal and colored glass available. The artist's interest in hot glass work was spawned by a desire for a more spontaneous and uninhibited mode of expression within the glass medium. After more than two decades as a creator of stained glass windows, Ron brings a wealth of experience with color and design to his new venture. The glass which we include in our Dichroic Series paperweights has been coated with up to 50 micro-thin layers of exotic metals such as titanium and zirconium. These metals are applied during an advanced manufacturing process involving high energy, intense heat and near total vacuum. The result is an optical effect in which reflected light produces various crisp and vibrant colors when viewed from different angles. This combined with the contrasting black background and strategically placed bubbles produces an elegant and mysterious artistic effect.
 

Seegers & Fein Glass is a husband and wife team that have been producing glass using traditional techniques since 1986. Their paperweights contain exploding bubbles and swirling ethereal veils. The patterns and colors within the inner glass are the result of manipulations of glasses which contain dissolved metals. Included in their color formulas are silver, copper, nickel, tin, and cobalt.
 

Andrew Shea holds an MFA in Studio Art from the University of Minnesota, and has been working in glass since 1973. His passion is working with geometric shapes and crystalline structures, transforming them into beautiful and functional perfume bottles. He has received numerous awards and has been referred to as the most important perfume vessel artist in the US.
 

Josh Simpson likes tp pack planets with more information than the naked eye can possibly see. A Planet begins with a small glob of glass heated in a furnace to 2100 F and gathered on the end of the blowpipe. Silver is melted onto the hot surface, and after reheating, Josh then adds powered glass, glass canes and sometimes gold or platinum leaf which becomes the planet's cities, mountains, volcanos, tornadoes or satellite launching areas. Josh gathers multiple layers of clear glass over the Planet and adds spaceships. The Planet is then ready to be shaped in a wet wooden block. When the shape is perfect the little world is taken off the blowpipe and put into the annealing oven where it will cool down slowly.
 

Vandermark Merritt Glass Studios, founded in 1972, is a small group of American artists working together to create a fine quality hand-made Art Glass for today's discerning collectors. VMGS has built its reputation with museum quality colonial reproductions, original Art Glass in the Nouveau and Deco traditions, crystal sculpture, and contemporary designs. Their artwork is represented in many of America's major museums, as well as many of the most prestigious private collections.