I went from fashion to glass in 1995, and I'm very interested in architecture.
Just as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.
I also taught myself how to blow glass using a propane torch from the hardware store and managed to make some elementary chemistry plumbing such as tees and small glass bulbs.
It has been common knowledge to informed collectors that many times the finest and rarest art glass is found unsigned.
Students of American glass must always keep in mind that the creations they collect are truly examples of our American culture... and thus have historical significance.
The lines of Pearl Art Glass are clean, certainly not cluttered.
When you do what I do, there are a lot of institutions that give you awards. I've gotten maybe 20 medals. They're glorious, and there's a spirit behind them. But sometimes they give you this dreadful modern glass thing. I wish everyone could afford a loving cup.
Hovering over me was the Chihuly chandelier. Chihulys are the pigeons of Seattle. They're everywhere and even if they don't get in your way, you can't help but build up a kind of antipathy toward them.
I can see the beauty of glass objects fully at the moment when they slip from my hand
My father worked in a scientific lab where he designed and built glass instruments. He was regarded as brilliant at his job and once constructed a human brain in glass just to show off his skills.
Do glassmakers not have the ability to knead their own agates, marbles and rock crystals?
Stained glass enabled the modern world.
Mostly we just add to the piles of rainbow glass that's been blown off the exteriors of the cany-colored buildings.
Visual presentation of our heritage in glass is needed.
