For years, I’ve been talking about ways to elevate the glass scene in Buffalo, never knowing that there was a well established local leader in the realm who first set up shop in 2009. It was glass ...
Ellen Mead creates flowers, beads, and small jars, using the ancient art of lampwork. The history of manmade glass, according to the Corning Museum of Glass, is about 4,000 years old. The term ...
Glass art brings together four very different techniques. Fusing, as its name suggests, "fuses" pieces of glass together. It is the most accessible form of glass art and great for beginners.
Have you ever looked at a glass bead and admired its beauty? Was it the shape that caught your eye or was it the colors that drew your attention? Often, these beautiful characteristics are created by ...
On December 11, 2020, the 4th China Hejian International Lampwork Glass Art Festival, co-sponsored by China National Arts and Crafts Society, China Arts and Crafts Association, Academy of Arts & ...
For one weekend in March, the eyes of glass artists all over the world turn toward Salem County, eager to discover what new treasures will be celebrated at Salem Community College’s International ...
"Art does not solve problems but makes us aware of their existence. It opens our eyes to see and our brain to imagine." Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930- ), sculptor VALLEYFORD – Rudy Rooster, Chief Hot ...
Chris Buzzini makes lampwork paperweights, encasing tiny glass flowers inside more glass. Oregon City’s Chris Buzzini keeps the 150-year-old craft of lampwork paperweights alive. These crystalline ...
Public Glassworks Kansas City teaches you everything you need to know about lampworking. Lampworking is a type of glasswork in which a torch or lamp is used to melt glass. Once it's in a molten state, ...
THEODORE, Ala. (WALA) - It all starts with a torch and ends in glass shaped by fire! Vanessa turns up the heat and takes a flameworking class at Island Fire Glass. Owner Matthew Fenske explains that ...