Best Glassblowing Podcasts (2024)

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Henry Halem: Inspiring and Educating a Generation of Glass Artists 1:26:10

32m ago1:26:10

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More than 50 years after Henry Halem designed a series of cast glass sculptures inspired by the Kent State shootings, he decided to bring the imagery back to life. At a time when the Vietnam War empowered social activism and fueled political debates, the May 4, 1970, Kent State shootings seemed to take center stage, influencing several genres of mu…

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Defining Your Path/ Chris Dahlquist 1:01:23

4h ago1:01:23

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Working Artists! You are not alone! Listen to these entertaining and inspirational podcast conversations with working artists. Are you working reactively or proactively in your art practice? Do you wear the term "starving artist" like a cape? Do you remain a sole proprietor or become an LLC? How do I begin to determine my goals and chart a path tow…

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Pinkie Maclure: Telling Stories of Our Time Through Traditional Stained Glass 1:21:45

9d ago1:21:45

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An artist using the allegorical power of medieval stained glass as a vehicle for contemporary expression, Pinkie Maclure marries traditional craft techniques with a radically different aesthetic. Stained glass was invented in the 12th century to communicate to a largely illiterate population, its vivid colors having a seductive quality that’s hard …

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Hen Peckin' Party 59:53

12d ago59:53

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Working Artists! You are not alone! Listen to these entertaining and inspirational podcast conversations with working artists. Remember those critiques in art school, where the students would start pecking at each other at the first sign of blood in an attempt to impress the professor? We look back on those comments that, perhaps, stopped us from p…

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Rocko Belloso: Creating Narratives in Boro 1:12:26

29d ago1:12:26

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An American glass artist best known for his modern approach to centuries-old techniques, Rocko Belloso specializes in murrine, cut and flip, stringer drawing, and sculpture. He is an innovator in his combination of these elements as well as his custom color mixing methods. His work presents an updated aesthetic with influences from comic books, cul…

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Sharing Your Authentic Voice/ Clifton Henri 1:00:18

27d ago1:00:18

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Working Artists! You are not alone! Listen to these entertaining and inspirational podcast conversations with working artists. A radio show just for art fair artists! Photographer Clifton Henri (https://www.cliftonhenri.com/) describes his entry into the art show world from his background in graphic design and art management. His journey to find hi…

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Audrey Handler: A Conversation with “The First Lady” of Glass 1:03:22

1M ago1:03:22

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Housed in a 19th-century cheese factory, Audrey Handler’s studio was founded in 1970 and is one of the oldest continually operating glassblowing facilities in the country. Through demonstrations she gave there and workshops she taught on the road at places such as Penland School of Craft and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, she helped spread the…

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Preserving the Mystery/ Darryl Cox 1:06:23

1M ago1:06:23

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Working Artists! You are not alone! Listen to these entertaining and inspirational podcast conversations with working artists. A radio show just for art fair artists! When Darryl Cox's contorted filbert did not survive, he carried around its unique limbs for years. He carved into the branches, which ultimately led to the birth of his body of work. …

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Need Not Apply 59:22

2M ago59:22

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Working Artists! You are not alone! Listen to these entertaining and inspirational podcast conversations with working artists. A radio show just for art fair artists! Tune in this week as Douglas and Will discuss their take on topics like academics on the jury, the line between technology vs handmade, working with designers, and a review of Artisph…

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Talking with the Engineer About Poetry: L.S. McKee on Creature, Wing, Heart, Machine and a Dept Head PSA 52:16

2M ago52:16

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L.S. McKee joins us in the lab to talk about her new collection of poetry, Creature, Wing, Heart, Machine. Laura and I taught 2.009 together for a few years before she moved down south. Laura was a lecturer in the Writing, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication Program at MIT before moving on to UGA, Athens, where she is Coordinator for Writing A…

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Jonathan Capps’ Global Practice of Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Social Engagement, and Cultural Exchange 1:27:10

2M ago1:27:10

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The inspiration for Jonathan Capp’s art comes from the experiences that shape his life. Whether hiking the Appalachian Trail, coaching Little League Baseball, becoming an archaeological illustrator halfway around the world, or competing on Blown Away, he channels those experiences into ideas and fully embraces life as a part of his art. Capps state…

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April Showers Bring Show Dollars!!! Art Show Reviews. 1:04:30

2M ago1:04:30

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Working Artists! You are not alone! Listen to these entertaining and inspirational podcast conversations with working artists. We are back after three weeks on the road and have some stories to tell! Tune in this week for our reviews of Main Street Fort Worth, Southlake, and New Orleans Jazz Fest. Spoiler alert: We have weather! And we've lost Upto…

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David Graeber: Preserving Nature for Eternity in a Paperweight 1:31:06

3M ago1:31:06

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Early in his career, Paul Stankard used to trade paperweights for gasoline and car servicing with John Graeber. In 1989, through his uncle John, David Graeber wound up casually visiting Stankard’s studio and weeks later was invited to come and work with him. Young Graeber started learning about glass in the deep end of the pool. Thirty-five years l…

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Morgan Peterson: Winner of Blown Away 4 1:12:35

3M ago1:12:35

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Said Blown Away Season 4 winner, Morgan Peterson, “I’m not just the creepy weirdo lurking in the background anymore. I’m right up front.” As champion of Netflix’s 2024 glassblowing competition series, the Seattle-based artist received a whopping cash prize of $100,000, a paid residency in Venice, Italy, with glass legend Adriano Berengo, and a resi…

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Drawing Inspiration From Your Own Work/ William Kidd 1:07:03

3M ago1:07:03

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Working Artists! You are not alone! Listen to these entertaining and inspirational podcast conversations with working artists. William Kidd taught high school ceramics for 30 years while simultaneously pursuing his career as a professional artist. Bill credits his stable income with allowing him to create the work he wanted to make without the pres…

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Clifford Rainey: A Life's Travelogue in Cast Glass 1:14:00

4M ago1:14:00

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Principally a sculptor who employs cast glass and drawing as primary methodologies, Clifford Rainey creates work that is interdisciplinary, incorporating a wide spectrum of materials and processes. A passionate traveler, his work is full of references to the things he has seen and experienced. Celtic mythologies, classical Greek architecture, the b…

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The State of Stained Glass 1:39:10

4M ago1:39:10

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Enjoy this stained glass panel discussion with top industry professionals and educators Judith Schaechter, Stephen Hartley, Megan McElfresh, and Amy Valuck. Topics addressed include: what is needed in stained glass education; how the massive number of Instagrammers making suncatchers and trinkets affect stained glass; how to promote stained glass i…

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Stand Up and Live! 1:04:09

4M ago1:04:09

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Working Artists! You are not alone! Listen to these entertaining and inspirational podcast conversations with working artists. Whether you've been on the road for a month, like Will, or home for an extended period, like Douglas, we can all relate to feeling "stuck." In this week's conversation, we explore the advice from a hipster poet who says, "I…

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Kazuki Takizawa Uses Glass Art to Address Mental Health Issues 1:04:53

4M ago1:04:53

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Kazuki Takizawa’s 2015 installation entitled Breaking the Silence represents the artist’s interpretation of a person’s breaking point and the juxtaposition of balancing inner struggles with oppressive external forces. The installation incorporated performance aspects and sound, where slanted vessels filled with water until submitting to the liquid’…

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A Mission for Magic/ Lisa Kattenbraker 1:26:12

5M ago1:26:12

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Working Artists! You are not alone! Listen to these entertaining and inspirational podcast conversations with working artists. Since childhood, Lisa Kattenbraker has been on "A Mission for Magic" in her artwork and life. Her narrative batiks are expressions of her own experiences, often tinged with nostalgia as she explores her past, her ancestors,…

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Jessica Loughlin’s Kiln Formed Glass: An Homage to the Observation of Light 1:14:37

4M ago1:14:37

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Jessica Loughlin’s work is characterized by a strict reductive sensibility and restricted use of color. Fusing kiln formed sheets of opaque and translucent glass together in flat panels or in thin, geometric compositions and vessels, she alludes to shadow, reflection and refraction. Loughlin’s work is influenced by the flat landscapes and salt lake…

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Paying Your Dues/ Christopher Jeffries 1:18:16

5M ago1:18:16

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Working Artists! You are not alone! Listen to these entertaining and inspirational podcast conversations with working artists. When Christopher Jefferies caught the glassblowing bug in high school, he charted a course that would ultimately result in building his own glass shop by "paying his dues." From working on Dale Chihuly's team to sleeping on…

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The Glass Galaxies of Josh Simpson 1:44:33

5M ago1:44:33

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Apollo 8, which launched on December 21, 1968, was the first mission to take humans to the moon and back. While the crew did not land on the moon’s surface, the flight was an important prelude to a lunar landing, testing the flight trajectory and operations getting there and back. Capt. James A Lovell, Apollo 8 astronaut, shared his memories of tha…

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Less Answers, More Questions/ Matthew Naftzger 1:05:19

5M ago1:05:19

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Working Artists! You are not alone! Listen to these entertaining and inspirational podcast conversations with working artists. Step into the mind of Matthew Naftzger! "Stubborn!" he says, "I don't want to work in a shitty job just to pay for an expensive house. I don't even want to make artwork I don't want to make." Living and working out of a box…

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Wesley Fleming: Flameworking the Realism of the Microcosmos 47:31

5M ago47:31

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Wesley Fleming brings the fantastic realism of the microcosmos to life in glass. An ambassador for smaller denizens of the earth, his passion for nature sparks awe and curiosity in others. Growing up in the countryside, his favorite pastime was exploring beneath logs and rocks in the woods or reading science fiction and comic books. Hence the natur…

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TRANSformation/ Randy Thomae and Cammy Rahore 1:02:31

6M ago1:02:31

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Working Artists! You are not alone! Listen to these entertaining and inspirational podcast conversations with working artists. Randy Thomae has embarked on a journey that has resulted in a radical realignment in their quest to be their best self. At first, Cammy Rahore was their alter ego, a persona and drag name they adopted as they traveled the c…

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Robin and Julia Rogers: A Collaboration Resulting in Provocative Glass Sculpture 1:11:12

6M ago1:11:12

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Physically and metaphorically Robin and Julia Rogers put their minds, hearts and hands together to create sculptural works in glass – their chosen material because of its inherent qualities of luminosity, viscosity, and seductive flow. Their inspiration is drawn from the natural world, personal experience, family life, music, psychology, and scienc…

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Flameworking 2024: Perspectives 1:32:23

6M ago1:32:23

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Talking Out Your Glass podcast kicks off 2024 with our first episode of Season 9! This fascinating panel discussion on flameworking features four of the technique’s most well-known artists: Paul Stankard, Carmen Lozar, Dan Coyle aka coylecondenser and Trina Weintraub. At different points in their careers, these four artists compare and contrast the…

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Black Casts and Blue Shitters- The Anxious Artist’s Guide to 2024 1:11:42

6M ago1:11:42

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I'm not anxious.........you're anxious! What a tumultuous time of year for an art fair artist! Application results, economic struggles, and a whole host of other challenges can beat down even the most optimistic of humans. In this episode, we try to make sense of 2023, as we navigate creatively into this New Year. Tune in as Douglas https://www.sig…

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Sudden Cardiac Arrest and the Avive Story, Lock the Quill Office Hours 48:31

6M ago48:31

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Three alumni stop by the lab to tell the story of how they took a class assignment at 2am, developed it into their senior capstone project, and ultimately founded a medical device company that, six years later, received Class III Premarket Approval from the FDA. Avive is the youngest team to receive such a PMA and their founders were selected for t…

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Fingerprint on the Wall of Life/ Athlone Clarke 1:31:04

7M ago1:31:04

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Working Artists! You are not alone! Listen to these entertaining and inspirational podcast conversations with working artists. As a child, Athlone Clarke https://www.athloneclarke.com/ used his drawings to communicate with his mother, who passed away giving birth to him. This therapeutic activity developed a perception in Athlone that is the founda…

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Indre Bileris: Mastering Design and Painting for Liturgical, Educational, and Residential Glass Projects 1:10:14

7M ago1:10:14

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Master Glass Painter at Judson Studios in Los Angeles, California, Indre Bileris earned a BFA in Illustration from Parsons School of Design and became involved in stained glass conservation during that same time at St. Ann and the Holy Trinity’s conservation program. Having been a conservator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cloisters from…

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Deanna Clayton’s Figurative and Decorative Pate de Verre Vessels 48:51

8M ago48:51

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Following her father’s passing 10 years ago, Deanna Clayton’s artwork took an unexpected turn when she found herself modeling clay into a figurative vessel rather than a decorative one. The translation of the clay form into glass symbolized glass’ inherent life-affirming qualities. Soft, flowing edges at the bases of these sculptures add to the sen…

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State of Bliss/ James and Carrie Pearce 1:17:34

8M ago1:17:34

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Working Artists! You are not alone! Listen to these entertaining and inspirational podcast conversations with working artists. Carrie Pearce https://www.carriepearce.com/ experienced every artist's nightmare, a creative block. Fearing that her creativity was broken, she went back to school to teach and in the process, discovered her bliss. This met…

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Professor Gilbert Strang: A Birthday, Conversation, and Greatest Hits 29:42

8M ago29:42

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One of my favorite professors, Gilbert Strang, comes by the lab to talk about his time at MIT since 1952. Anyone who knows professor Strang knows him to be one of the best mathematics teachers and a prolific writer with a heart of gold. Professor Strang retired last spring (2023). His last 18.06 lecture was to a packed standing room of students, st…

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Daniel Clayman: Capturing Light in Cast Glass Sculpture and Large-Scale Installations 1:35:05

8M ago1:35:05

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Some might say that Daniel Clayman is more a sculptor using glass as his primary material than a glass artist. That is to say his sculptures would be successful from a formal point of view no matter what material they were created in. With one major exception: the play of light in Clayman’s glass art enhances the objects dramatically in comparison …

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Faculty and Friends Soundbites: Season One Hot Wash, Season Two Preview, and a Contest 3:30

8M ago3:30

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After President Kornbluth's inauguration, end-of-year projects, finals, commencement, and a long summer break, we've ramped up for a second season. A three minute review of the more frivolous moments of season one, and a quick teaser of the soon-to-be-released season two premiere. Podcast specific: Podcast Instagram: @lockthequill Comments or quest…

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Legit Roadie/ Rob Matthews 1:36:42

8M ago1:36:42

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Working Artists! You are not alone! Listen to these entertaining and inspirational podcast conversations with working artists. Rob Matthews https://www.hiddenspringdesigns.com/home moved around a lot in his youth which fostered a comfort level with new experiences and adventure. His teenage years found him smack in the middle of a thriving music sc…

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A Pursuit of Perfection: Jack Storms’ Cold-Fusion Glass Sculptures 1:08:20

8M ago1:08:20

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Each piece in Jack Storms’ newest line of sculptures begins with the artist’s unique and meticulously hand-crafted Infinity Core, boasting 30 times more intricacy and a mesmerizing sparkle that outshines anything you’ve seen before. Every facet reflects a world of colors, and each sculpture captures a symphony of light. Growing up in New Hampshire …

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Pioneering Cold Worked Glass: David Huchthausen’s Mysterious Fourth Dimension 1:22:33

8M ago1:22:33

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The emitted light from a David Huchthausen sculpture is an artwork unto itself. For the last five decades plus, the artist has been captivating viewers through sculpture defined by its unique and other-worldly manipulation of light. A critic once described his work as “high tech spiritual,” an observation the artist rather liked. Huchthausen once s…

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Pushing Back on the Nonsense/ Sarah Collier 1:32:04

9M ago1:32:04

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Working Artists! You are not alone! Growing up in Nashville, Sarah Collier https://thecharmschooldropout.com/home.html was schooled in the art of manners and social graces. She was enrolled in charm school and attended Cotillion as a means to learn proper etiquette amongst high society. The experiences from her formative years serve as some of the …

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Comfort Zone/ Keith Grace 1:28:21

9M ago1:28:21

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Working Artists! You are not alone! Have you ever been at a point in your life where you need the spark of inspiration? Keith Grace http://www.keithgrace.com/ has spent his entire life stepping out of his comfort zone and talks about it on today's episode. He began his career as an illustrator and graphic editor for newspapers. In partnership with …

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GBC Ep.31-Burt Murphy: Selling through Amazon 1:48:16

9M ago1:48:16

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GBC Ep.30-Burt Murphy: Selling through Amazon For many glass artsit's 2020 creating an unexpected uptick in sales as the 2020 pandemic slowly brought retailers to a hault. For many, this dream slowly turned into a finacial nightmare as covid restrictions beagn to ease and reatilers opened their doors again to the public. While todays market place l…

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Hunting Studio Glass: Creating Beautiful Blown and Cast Glass as a Canvas for Signature Murrini 1:20:04

9M ago1:20:04

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From their trademark blown vessel forms to more recent large castings, Hunting Studio of Princeton, Wisconsin, uses glass and its myriad mysteries to tell stories of unapologetic beauty and celebration of color. The work of this father-son team, Wes Sr. and Wesley Hunting, is on view now through February 4, 2024 in Directing the Flow: The Art of We…

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Glass Knitting by Carol Milne 1:02:43

9M ago1:02:43

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Glass Knitting by Carol Milne A pioneer in the field of knitted glass, Carol Milne combines passion for knitting with experience in sculpture. The artist began working with kiln cast lead crystal, experimenting with different methods and developing a lost wax process to cast individual knitted works into glass. Playing with translucency and the mat…

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Honoring the Past in Present Time/ Mick & Paige Whitcomb 1:35:10

10M ago1:35:10

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The Whitcomb's are both artists working on their own bodies of work in different mediums. Each captures elements of the past presented with a contemporary eye. Mick Whitcomb https://www.artifactsbynomad.com/ is fixated on the American Machine Age and the advent of electric lighting. He transforms 19th-century machines and scientific instruments int…

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Kenneth von Roenn: The Architectural Application of Expressive Glass 1:23:49

10M ago1:23:49

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Kenneth von Roenn Jr. has designed and executed more than 1,500 commissions in the U. S., Middle East, Far East, Europe, Canada and Mexico. His work has been published in more than 75 books, magazines, and digital publications, and he has received more than 25 awards for work, including two hall of fames and lifetime achievement for the state of Ke…

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Forging New Paths: The Stained Glass Association of America’s 2023 Conference 47:41

10M ago47:41

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The stained glass community will gather in a confluence of energy, inspiration and excitement for Forging New Paths: The Stained Glass Association of America’s 2023 Conference, held at The Hyatt Regency in downtown Buffalo, New York, from Thursday, September 28 through Sunday, October 1, 2023. In addition to 25 workshops, five tours, auctions, art …

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Business in the Front 1:07:53

10M ago1:07:53

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Can't make this $#!T up!!! The stories from the road we all experience, while outrageous to most, seem so normal to all of us. In this episode, we unpack the stories from the St. Louis Art Fair. As we anticipate a wrap of the summer art fair season, we've got the winter applications nagging away at us. Tune in as Douglas https://www.sigwarthglass.c…

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No Limitations/ Marlene Rose 1:39:07

11M ago1:39:07

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When Marlene Rose https://marlenerose.com/ discovered molten glass, she was energized by the adrenaline rush of the material. While pursuing her BFA, she learned that glass could be used for more than just craft, but as a means to convey an idea of what she wanted to say. Although glassblowing was more common at the time, she was drawn to an ancien…

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