He was born in 1989, in Aydin. He took an education on drawing at Aydin Anadolu Fine Arts High School, then graduated from Anadolu University Glass Department. During his university years, he gained several scholarships including Turkish Cultural Foundation. He took many courses on specific techniques of hot glass. In 2011, he joined ‘Hot Glass…

Alex Gabriel Bernstein grew up in a creative environment with access to many of the artists of the American studio glass movement. As the child of two established glass artists, William and Katherine Bernstein, the beautiful surroundings of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Western North Carolina where they lived played almost as much of a…

Since receiving her BFA from School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2005, Alexis Silk has devoted herself full time to creating figurative art in hot-sculpted hand-blown glass. Aesthetically and conceptually Alexis describes the source of her inspiration as being all around her. “The human figure in its many forms is a window on…

Since 2004 ltan Sungar has been attending workshops at the Glass Furnace and has been taking classes from world reknown artists such as Vladimir Klein, Mitchell Gaudett and Gerry King on varıous glass techniques. As a Glass Lover, he is stil making art and design on behalf of the foundation. Artist and his work

Andreas has been working with glass since the age of 15 and at 21 opened his own glass studio in the heart of Austria.  He is a qualified master craftsman, who specialises in kilnworking. His exhibition pieces are exhibited and sold in Europe. Artist and his work

Angela Thwaites has been working as a self employed professional in the specialist field of kiln formed glass for more than twenty years. She frequently takes part in exhibitions nationally and internationally. Since graduating with a BA Hons in ceramics and glass from Farnham, Surrey, Thwaites’ focus has been on kiln-formed glass. Her work is…

Anna Boothe trained as a sculptor at the Rhode Island School of Design and has worked with glass since 1980. She holds a MFA from the Tyler School of Art, where she was a member of the Glass Program faculty for a total of 16 years. From 2003-2007, she coordinated and helped to institute the…

Anne Petters is a multi media artist with a strong background in glass. She received a Diploma in Fine Arts from the Institute for Ceramics and Glass Art, Hoehr-Grenzhausen, Germany and a MFA in Sculpture/ Glass from Alfred University, New York. Born in Dresden in 1978 she grew up in the German Democratic Republic. She…

Gelpi is a full-time studio artist and has been working with glass since 1996. He has studied at many glass schools, including the Pilchuck Glass School in Seattle, the studio at the Corning Museum of Glass in New York, Glass Axis of Columbus, Planas Viau in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Scuola del Vetro Abate Zanetti…

Anu Penttinen was born in 1974 in Helsinki, Finland. Anu Penttinen graduated at the University of Art and Design in Helsinki. She focuses on glass material, which is why she leads a studio in Nuutajärvi Glass Village, where the most ancient glass houses of Finland are. Anu Penttinen’s art mirrors the interest of phenomena and…

He started his metal smith carier at Grand Bazaar in 1983. He learned the crafts by master apprentice relationship. After 1986 he had his own studio. He combined metals like platinium, gold, titanium and silver with diamonds and other precious stones. He follows the art nouvo and art deco movements in his designs. He has…

Originally a goldsmith, Astrid Riedel has been working with glass for more than 12 years. She has an insatiable need to push the boundaries in glass bead art. She likes to try new techniques with beads, some from the glassblowing world, and some from other art influences.

B. Jane Cowie has been working glass for over 20 years. After gaining a degree in Visual Arts at Sydney College of the Arts, her commitment to art making, desire to learn and passion for glass inspired her to travel extensively. She has worked in numerous glass making studios and factories in Australia, England, Europe,…

Banu oyman, continues her dream journey that has started in the Beykoz Glass Furnace 13 years ago & still travels and participates in various artists workshops in İstanbul and all around Europe which she believes to be of great importance for progresses her work. Her various beads have been published in glass beads books in…

Ben Wright graduated from Evolutionary Biology from Dartmouth College. His background in Biology figures strongly in his artwork, which delves deeply into the every evolving relationship between humans and their micro and macro environments. Through visual installations and sonic landscapes he engages all of his viewer’s senses and often bridges the gap between art and…

Bertil Vallien was born in 1938 and has been at the forefront of Swedish glass design since the early 1960s. He began designing for Kosta Boda glassworks at Åfors in 1963 and by the 1970s it became necessary to devote a whole glassworks to his artistic output because of his innovative sand-casting technique. In developing…

Two Tone Studios creates contemporary designed hand blown glass objects with a nod to the past. Each unique design is handcrafted by husband and wife team Boyd Sugiki and Lisa Zerkowitz, who met as graduate students at the Rhode Island School of Design. The work they create includes decorative objects and tabletop items such as drink ware, bowls, vases, cake stands and covered dishes….

C. Matthew Szösz is a practicing artist and educator known primarily for his inventive processes and innovative use of glass to explore the intersection of material, aesthetics, and the poetic.    Since receiving his MFA(Glass) from Rhode Island School of Design, been recognized internationally with awards such as the Irvine Borowsky Prize, the Jutta-Cuny Franz…

YASEMİN SAYINSOY Blowing glass since 2003. Founder of Camekan Glassworks, loves to share all her joy and knowledge with patience to new generation.Nature is the most important aspect of her creation.Before blowing glass she used to make mosaics and now using all these technics to perform her art. GAMZE ARAZ ESKİNAZİ So happy to blow…

Carmen Lozar was awarded a residency at the Corning Museum of Glass prior to attending graduate school at Alfred University where she received an MFA in 2003. Lozar has been a demonstrating artist for two Glass Art Society conferences, and was the keynote speaker and demonstrator for the International Flameworking Conference in Salem New Jersey in…

Carol Gouthro, a graduate of the University of Manitoba School of Art, Canada is a Seattle based ceramic artist and educator who has been working and exhibiting for over 30 years. Carol has an extensive exhibition record with 25 solo shows and numerous invitational and juried exhibitions. Her ceramic work has been published in numerous…

Carol earned her undergraduate degree in Landscape Architecture. Her senior thesis, “Landscape as Art/Art as Landscape,” drew her into the realm of sculpture and cast bronze, and eventually to cast glass.  She has been working primarily with glass since 2000. She lives in Seattle, Washington and exhibits widely in the United States.  Her work has…

Chad Holliday is currently an Assistant Professor of Art at West Texas A&M University (WTAMU) in Canyon, Texas. Chad teaches and leads all curriculum in glass, ceramics, sculpture, three-dimensional design and professional practices. He is also the studio manager and technician for all the studios in these areas.As a faculty member dedicated to the success…

Trained in the studio glass movement in California. Chantal Royant fully masters her techniques and her art and strongly participates in the significant and recent consideration of that strange material: glass.Chantal Royant has exhibited in France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Belgium, Holland and in the USA. But also in the Ebeltof glass Museum, Danemark, Japan…

Chloe Rizzo is a figure sculptor and teaching artist.  Much of her work is done in Ceramics and Glass with reference to her classical training in Sculpture at Rowan State University, where she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1998.  She continued on to earn her Master of Fine Arts in Ceramics at the…

 Chris Ahalt is a glass artist specialized in flameworking. First introduced to the flame in 1998, Ahalt was an early adopter of the art form. Today he finds himself as one of the leaders in the industry which has grown tremendously into an American glass movement. Ahalt is most notable for his particular style of…

Chris Ahalt is a flameworker with 19 years experience. In 2005, he apprenticed under master flameworker, Cesare Toffolo, in Murano, Italy. There he learned many of the Venetian techniques for cups and vessels that have given him the building blocks to create glass of the highest quality. Ahalt has become known for his series of…

Chris Taylor was born in Tehran, Iran and lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Madrid Spain; Manila, Philippines; Muscat, Oman; Mexico City, Mexico; Brussels, Belgium; Abidjan, Ivory Coast and Tegucigalpa, Honduras all before he was 20. His work is a product of these experiences. It is best characterized as exercise in social practice in an attempt…

Originally trained as an industrial designer, Claudia Borella was introduced to glass during her studies at the University of Canberra. Borella lives and works in Wanganui, New Zealand, where she is President of the New Zealand Society of artists in Glass. Her work is included in the collections of the Toyama Institute of Glass art,…