Debra Steidel
The creations of Debra Steidel’s work is a combination of hand-thrown ceramic vessels some of which hold or cradle a sculpture; each initially sculpted in clay. Some are selected to cast in lead crystal glass using the “lost wax” technique. She created her first sculpture in clay with the intension of it being cast in […]
Robert Dane
Robert Dane started blowing glass at Massachusetts College of Art in 1973. Robert has studied with Lino Tagliapietra, Pino Signoretto, Martin Janecky, Dan Dailey and William Morris. He has exhibited his sculpture and glassware widely in galleries around the country. His work is in the permanent collections of numerous museums including the Philadelphia Museum of […]
Bengt Hokanson and Trefny Dix
In 1996, Bengt Hokanson and Trefny Dix opened their first glass studio in Greenport, NY. In this studio, they primarily cast glass to use as elements for their individual glass and mixed media sculpture and for custom architectural projects. In 2000, they began a collaborative body of blown glass vessels. This early work was developed […]
Guiliano Gaigher
Graduated from the Technical Institute for Surveyors, Romano Di Lombardia, Italy, 1983. Participated in the glass fusing course run by Prof. Detlef Tanz, Milan, Italy, 1992–1996. Since 1987, he has been running his own art studio. He has also worked in cooperation with Luigi Magni, Marcello Catalano and Stefano Travi, 1983–1996. Since 1997, Gaigher has […]
Wesley Neal Rasko
Wesley Neal Rasko doesn’t remember a time when he wasn’t drawing, sketching, doodling, painting or sculpting with clay. Being involved in the before and after school programs at elementary school, the Wildflower Art Centre and optional art classes throughout his entire formal educative life, he expressed himself artistically. The natural extension of this talent led […]
Tom Marosz
Tom Marosz’ drive to test the limits of manipulating light began early on; teenage interests in photography and optics yielded early holography projects. His efforts were deemed so cutting edge during the 1960’s that he ended up collaborating with the Navy Electronics Lab team in Point Loma. After 15 years in the construction business as […]
Kelly O’Dell
Kelly O’Dell was born in Seattle in 1973, raised in Hawai’i, and now lives in the Pacific Northwest. When she was very young, her artistic parents made their living using stained glass, furnace glass, and pressed flowers. While seeking her college education years later, Kelly discovered glass as her primary focus at the University of […]
Wesley Hunting Jr.
Growing up with my father, Wes Hunting Sr, I was exposed tothe creative and technical aspects of being a professional artist at avery early age. I can remember being in the glass studio watchingmy father work as early as five years old. Though I didn’t startexperimenting with the material until I was fifteen, I feel the time Ispent observing […]
Wes Hunting
I never had an early interest in glass in particular but always had an interest in creativity. Sometimes, I’m not too sure where it’s going; but for me, it’s all about being able to make what I want, when I want, and keep it moving until I can no longer do so. I took the […]
Duncan McClellan
Duncan McClellan’s fascination with glass began at age five, when he visited a glass factory in West Virginia. Duncan never forgot the image of the glowing, molten mass being formed by an expert craftsman. After successfully working with leather and clay, he finally had the opportunity to learn to blow glass at a studio in […]