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        Previous Next Tell us about yourself. Kayla Cantu is a fat, female, half-mexican, bisexual artist who utilizes glass, video, photography, and mixed media. Through questioning society’s understanding of normality and abnormality, her practice explores curiosities of unruly bodies. Read More

            Previous Next Tell us about yourself. I have been a lamp-work glass artist for over twenty-five years. I produce one-of-a-kind objects of art including marbles, blown vessels and cups, as well as sculptural glass. My work Read More

  Urns Roman Gold Luster   Pele Chandelier       Jungle Chandelier       Artist Portrait – Rick Strini Previous Next Tell us about yourself. I am a uniquely small hand blown art glass company with no employees and enjoying Read More

            Previous Next Tell us about yourself. A BFA, Textile graduate, from the California College of Art, she went on to study sculpture when awarded merit scholarships for Gage Academy’s Sculpture Atelier program and studied Metalworking and Read More

            Previous Next Tell us about yourself. KCJ was born in Charleston, South Carolina, and grew up in New England and South Florida before moving to Jacksonville, where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Printmaking Read More

Head shot in Lift Like a Princess Installation, 2017, Carrack Modern Gallery, Durham, North Carolina, Photo Credit Kelsie McNair Lift Like a Princess Installation, 2017, Carrack Modern Gallery, Durham, North Carolina Glow, 2019, Glass and Latex Sweet as Candy, Sharp as Knives, Read More

Previous Next Tell us about yourself. Born and raised in China, Jinya Zhao discovered a passion for glass whilst studying for a BA at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou(2013-17) and MA at the Royal College of Art in London(2017-19). She Read More

Previous Next Tell us about yourself. Helen Slater Stokes gained an M.A. from the Royal College of Art in 1996. Having set up her practice in 1999, exhibiting both nationally and internationally, she went back to the Royal College of Art in 2013 and completed a PhD by practice in 2020. Helen lectures and has presented research papers at numerous conferences, most recently the Glass Art Society (GAS) Conference 2019, in Florida. Her work has been selected to be shown at the British Glass Biennale 2017 and 2019, and is held in both public and private collections. Helen uses the medical science of optical perception in conjunction with historic and contemporary illusionary image techniques. This work discusses our notion of ‘Space and Place’ and challenges our spatial perception. Pieces adopt traditional observational Read More

Previous Next Tell us about yourself. I have a long background within sculpture but started with glace in 2004 and has then worked with kiln casting, slumping lost wax, and pate de verre in my own Stockholm-based studio (Sweden). I am a Read More

Previous Next GAS STAFF & BOARD EDITION Kristen Wagstrom FergusonMembership & Development Manager, GASMember Since 2018 What is your dream project? I’ve worked and volunteered for a number of nonprofits, mostly in the realm of either arts or human services. To be Read More

  Nodule 8   Crystal Bowl   Tourmaline Sculpture Cluster   HyperFocal: 0   Tourmaline Fine Art   Jeremy Sinkus Previous Next Tell us about yourself. A former mineral collector and digger that put down his chisel and picked up a torch. Read More

Wyoming Sway Sky and Sea Sketch Jessi Moore Cloud Containers Previous Next Tell us about yourself. My name is Jessi Moore and I am originally from Seattle Washington. I am currently based in Brooklyn, New York where I work as a freelance Read More

          Previous Next GAS STAFF & BOARD EDITION Demetra Theofanous Professional Artist and Educator Board Member, Glass Art Society Flameworking | Pate de Verre Member Since 2009 Tell us about yourself. I am a Greek American living in Read More

        Previous Next GAS STAFF & BOARD EDITION Caitlin Vitalo Education Coordinator, Hunterdon Art Museum Glassblowing | Kiln Cast Glass Member Since 2007 Tell us about yourself. I grew up in central Massachusetts and that’s also where I found Read More

Portrait of the Artist Spent Vestige Previous Next GAS STAFF & BOARD EDITION Debra RuzinskyDirector, Appalachian Center for Craft in Smithville, TNBoard Member, Glass Art SocietyLost Wax Casting | Warm Glass | Mixed MediaMember Since 2010 Tell us about yourself. Debra Ruzinsky Read More

    Longfellow Bridge       Plate Tectonic 12 Previous Next Tell us about yourself. Not flat, not round, my work might be called glass relief. I’m happy in the rich, associative world of recycled glass and other found objects. I Read More

Previous Next Tell us about yourself. Whilst studying Geology at the University of Edinburgh, I became fascinated by the mineralogy and the reactions between various elements, metals and compounds. This led me towards a passion for the alchemy of glass. Capturing the Read More