Glass ball made By Tyler Hopkins.

Glass art is the use of glass as an artistic medium. Specific approaches include stained glass, working glass in a torch flame (lampworking), glass beadmaking, glass casting, glass fusing, and, most notably, glass blowing. As a decorative and functional medium, glass was extensively developed in Egypt and Assyria, brought to the fore by the Romans (who developed glassblowing), and includes among its greatest triumphs European cathedral stained glass windows. Great ateliers like Tiffany, Lalique, Daum, Gallé, the Corning schools in upper New York state, and Steuben Glass Works took glass art to the highest levels. Glass from Murano (also known as Venetian glass) is the result of hundreds of years of refinement and invention. While there are now more hotshops and glass artists working in Seattle (USA), Murano is still held as the birthplace of modern glass art, Author: Chmouel Boudjnah. ... Author: Chmouel Boudjnah. ... This article is about the material. ... Strictly speaking, stained glass is glass that has been painted with silver stain and then fired. ... Lampwork glass beads. ... Lampwork glass beads. ... A glass pipe made by lampworking Hand-blown glass beads and pendants Glassblowing is the process of forming glass into useful shapes while the glass is in a molten, semi-liquid state. ... For the illustrated magazine, see Studio Magazine. ... Girl with Cherry Blossoms illustrates many types of glass employed by Tiffany including elaborate polychrome painting of the face, drapery glass for the dress, opalescent glass for the blossoms, streaky glass in the border, fracture-streamer glass in the background and what may be iridescent glass in the beads. ... René Jules Lalique was born in Ay, Marne, France on April 6, 1860, and died May 5, 1945. ... Vase, circa 1900 Daum is a crystal studio based in Nancy, France, founded in 1875 by Jean Daum (1825-1885). ... Émile Gallé in 1889 Émile Gallé (Nancy, 8 May 1846 – Nancy, September 23, 1904) was a French artist who worked in glass, and is considered to be one of the major forces in the French Art Nouveau movement. ... Corning is the name of some places in the United States of America: Corning, California Corning, New York Corning, Wisconsin Corning, Iowa For the manufacturing company where the optical fiber was invented, see Corning Glass Works. ... Steuben Glass Works is an American art glass manufacturer, founded in the summer of 1903 by Fredrick C. Carder and Thomas G. Hawkes in Corning, New York. ... A shop with boats, Murano Murano is usually described as an island in the Venetian Lagoon, although like Venice itself it is actually an archipelago of islands linked by bridges. ...

The glass objects created are intended to make a sculptural or decorative statement. On the market, their prices may range from a few hundred to tens of thousands of dollars (US). Contemporary glass artists include Dale Chihuly, Lino Tagliapietra, William Morris, Howard Ben Tre, Pino Signoretto, Bertil Vallien, Dante Marioni, Dan Dailey, Livio Seguso, Benjamin Moore, Stephen Rolfe Powell, Tom Patti, Klaus Moje, Toots Zynsky, Sonja Blomdahl and Marvin Lipofsky. Dale Chihuly. ...

Prior to the early 1960s, the term "glass art" referred to glass made for decorative use, usually by teams of factory workers, taking glass from furnaces with a thousand or more pounds of glass. This form of glass art, of which Tiffany and Steuben in the U.S.A., Gallé in France and Hoya Crystal in Japan and Kosta Boda in Sweden are perhaps the best known, grew out of the factory system in which all glass objects were hand or mold blown by teams of 4 or more men. The turn of the 19th Century was the height of the old art glass movement while the factory glass blowers were being replaced by mechanical bottle blowing and continuous window glass. The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969. ... Louis Comfort Tiffany (February 18, 1848 - January 17, 1933) was an American artist most famous for his Art Nouveau pieces in stained glass. ... Steuben Glass Works is an American art glass manufacturer, founded in the summer of 1903 by Fredrick C. Carder and Thomas G. Hawkes in Corning, New York. ... Émile Gallé in 1889 Émile Gallé (Nancy, 8 May 1846 – Nancy, September 23, 1904) was a French artist who worked in glass, and is considered to be one of the major forces in the French Art Nouveau movement. ... For other uses, see Crystal (disambiguation). ... Kosta Glasbruk (later known as Kosta Boda) is a Swedish glassworks founded by two foreign officers in Charles XIIs army, Anders Koskull and Georg Bogislaus Stael von Holstein, in 1742. ... Sculpting hot blown glass. ...

Contemporary North American glass artists

Glowing Gemstone Polyvitro Chandelier by American sculpter Dale Chihuly

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United States

Among the most famous modern masters in the United States are: Harvey Littleton (the founder of the American Studio Glass Movement), Dominic Labino, Dale Chihuly, Dante Marioni, Benjamin Moore & Richard Marquis. Harvey Littleton Harvey Littleton (b. ... Dale Chihuly. ... Dante Marioni (b. ... American Acid Capsule with Cloth Container, glass and cloth by Richard Marquis, 1969-1970, Metropolitan Museum of Art Richard Marquis is an American studio glass artist who was born September 17, 1945 in Bumblebee, Arizona. ...

Other noted American glass artists include Martin Blank, Michael Glancy, Marvin Lipofsky, Josiah McElheny, William Morris, Jay Musler, Christopher Ries, Cappy Thompson, Sonja Blomdahl, Toots Zynsky, Joel Philip Myers, Dan Dailey, Richard Jolley, Milon Townsend, Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen, Randy Walker, Flo Perkins, Fritz Dreisbach, Paul Marioni, Richard Jolley, Benjamin Moore, Dick Weiss, Walter Lieberman, Robert Carlson, Robbie Miller, David Patchen, Stephen Rolfe Powell, Katherine Gray, Nancy Callan, Charlie Parriot, Preston Singletary, Steve Klein, Trinh Nguyen, Rik Allen and Jim Mongrain. Martin Blank is an American glass artist who was born August 29, 1962. ... Melding Impetus, glass, copper and gold sculpture by Michael Glancy, 1994, Metropolitan Museum of Art Michael Glancy was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1950, and began working with glass in 1970. ... Marvin Lipofsky (b. ... Josiah G. McElheny (born in 1966 in Boston) is a contemporary artist and sculptor, primarily known his work with glass blowing and assemblages of glass and mirrored glassed objects (see glass art). ... William Billy Morris is an American glass artist born in Carmel, California on July 25, 1957. ... Jay Musler is an American glass artist who was born in Sacramento, California in 1949. ... Christopher Ries (right) at the installation of his piece Opus. ... Cappy Thompson is an American artist who works in the medium of glass. ...

Contemporary European Glass Artists

Czech

The modern Czech glass scene has been a major influence on the Post War glass movement (also known as Studio Glass Movement). Led by Europe's oldest glass school in Kamenicky Senov [1] opened in 1856. Zelezny Brod [2] Glass High school opened its door in 1920 from which which internationally recognised artists such as Stanislav Libensky/Jaroslava Bryhctova, Ales Vasicek, Bohumil Elias, Jan Exnar, Jaroslav Matous, Ivana Sramkova amongst others have passed through. The Acedemy of Applied Arts [3] in Prague also played a major part in establishing this movement when it introduce the world's first graduate program for glass artists in 1954. At the Academy of Applied Arts, the course founder Professor Josef Kaplicky emphasised the merits of 'fine art' training (ie. painting & drawing) for the future glass artists as opposed to training craftsman to manipulate with the medium. He was followed by Professor Stanislav Libensky [4] who, from 1964 until 1987, had much to do with establishing the modern Czech glass movement on the international art scene. No major glass art collection is complete without a section on the Czechs as can be seen from Modern glass collections such as the glass gallery at the Victoria & Albert Museum [5] London. ^[1]

Denmark

Tobias Møhl

Estonia

Ivo Lill Ivo Lill (June 24, 1953 in Tallinn, Estonia) is a notable Estonian glass artist. ...

Finland

Timo Sarpaneva Timo Sarpaneva (October 31, 1926 – October 6, 2006), was a Finnish designer and professor who was best known for his constructivist works of glass art. ...

Germany

Karl Ittig and Thomas Mūler-Litz

Italy

Glass blowing began in the Roman Empire, and Italy has refined the techniques of glass blowing ever since. Until the very recent explosion of glass shops in Seattle (USA), there were more on the Island of Murano (Italy) than anywhere else in world. The majority of the refined artistic techniques of glassblowing (e.g., incalmo, reticello, zanfirico, latticino) were developed there. Moreover, generations of blowers passed on their techniques to family members. Boys would begin working at the fornazi (actually "furnace"--called "the factory" in English). Some Italian Maestros include: Lino Tagliapietra, Pino Signoretto, Livio Seguso, Laura de Santillana, Silvano Signoretto, Lucio Bubaco, Cesare Toffolo, Carlo "Caramea" Tosi, Davide Salvadore, Oscar Zanetti and Davide Fuin. Lino Tagliapietra (b. ...

Slovakia

Milos Balgavy, Eva Fiserova, Juraj Oprsal, Askold Zacko

Sweden

Bertil Vallien, Kjell Engman, Tina Lindström, and Vicke Lindstrand. Victor Emanuel Lindstrand (also known as Vicke Lindstrand) (born in Göteborg, Sweden, 1904- died in SmÃ¥land, 1983) was a Swedish glass designer. ...

United Kingdom

Perthshire in Scotland was known internationally for its glass paperweights. It has always hosted the best glass artists working on small scales, but closed its factory in Crieff, Scotland in January 2002.

There is a growing number of art glass studios in the UK. Many specialise in production glassware while others concentrate on one off or limited edition pieces. E+M glass have successfully combined both disciplines since the mid 1980s. Ed and Margaret Burke of E+M glass[6] have their work in many shops and galleries around the world.

Peter Newsome is a UK-based glass sculptor. Peter Newsome has adapted techniques from the glass engineering industry to create distinctive sculptural works. ...

Jeremy Langford is a British glass sculptor specializing in monumental glass sculptures Jeremy Langford. ...

Contemporary Asian Glass Artists

Japan

Japanese glass art has a short but rich history. Hiroshi Yamano shows his works at galleries throughout the world and is arguably Japan's glass artist of note. Yoichi Ohira has worked with great success in Murano with Italian gaffers. The small Pacific island, Niijima, administered by Tokyo has a renowned glass art center, built and run by Osamu and Yumiko Noda, graduates of Illinois State University where they studied with Joel Philip Myers. Every autumn, the Niijima International Glass Art Festival takes place inviting top international glass artists for demonstrations and seminars. Emerging glass artists, such as Yukako Kojima and Tomoe Shizumu, were featured at the 2007 Glass Art Society exhibition space at the Pittsburgh Glass Center. Kyohei Fujita ia another noteworthy Japanese studio glass artist. Niijima (新島) is an island in Tokyo prefecture, Japan. ... Red and White Plum Blossoms, glass, silver, gold leaf and platinum leaf work by Kyohei Fujita, 1992, Metropolitan Museum of Art Kyohei Fujita , (1921–September 18, 2004)) was a Japanese glass artist. ...

Contemporary Oceania Glass Artists

Australia

Contemporary Australian Glass Artists include among others:
Nick Mount, Ben Edols, Kathy Elliot, Klaus Moje, Tony Hanning, Gerry King, Clare Belfrage, Brian Hirst, Warren Langley, David Hay, Zoja Trofimiuk, Nick Wirdnham, and Maureen Williams.

The early glass movement (studio glass) in Australia was spurred on by a visit to Australia by American artist Richard Marquis, who toured the country in the early seventies with a mobile studio assisted by Australian Nick Mount. Since that time Australian glass has gained worldwide recognition with Adelaide in South Australia, hosting the International Glass Art Society Conference in 2005 on only its third occasion outside of the U.S.A. American Acid Capsule with Cloth Container, glass and cloth by Richard Marquis, 1969-1970, Metropolitan Museum of Art Richard Marquis is an American studio glass artist who was born September 17, 1945 in Bumblebee, Arizona. ...

Contemporary Latin American Glass Artists

Mexico

Mexico was the first country in Latin America to have a glass factory in the early sixteenth century brought by the Spanish conquerors. Although traditional glass in Mexico has prevailed over modern glass art, since the 1970s there have been glass artists that have given a place to that country in internationa glass art.

Contemporary Mexican Glass Artists include:
Feliciano Bejar, Pedro Ramirez Vázquez, Ana Thiel, Bert Glauner, Christian Thorton, Berta Picallo, Valeria Florescano, Luisa Restrepo, Miguel Angel Flores, Orfeo Quagliata.

See also

• Mosaic
• Glass tiles
• Glassblowing
• Art glass
• Caneworking
• Paperweights
• Glass beadmaking
• Lampworking

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Bibliography

• Bibliography of paperweight reference books

References

External links

• Glass art society
• Online Glass Art Community