Glass

Marilyn Cox

Long Lake, MN

Divine Decoupage

https://divinedecoupage.com

2021 Booth # 76

© Marilyn Cox

© Marilyn Cox

I am a self-taught decoupage artist who creates modern and unique pieces that are nothing like your grandma’s decoupage. I create my art pieces with layers of paper on the exterior of a glass surface. I seal the design with many layers of high gloss varnish for a glass like finish. My sometimes precise, patterned or abstract designs start digitally with one main component that I build from. Every part of my designs are sized, printed, cut out, layered, glued and sealed to the glass.

Isaac Theobald

Cedar, MN

2020 Booth

© Isaac Theobald

© Isaac Theobald

I use both hard and soft glass to create utilitarian and sculptural work. I try to meld traditional techniques in torch and furnace working with more modern designs. I work extensively with color and pattern using many ancient Venetian techniques such as encalmos, canework, and murrini, renewing them with modern forms and uses in mind. I also do some glass fusing, mostly fusing metal foils between sheets of glass, and sometimes including these elements in blown work.

Mary Ila Duntemann

Minneapolis, MN

www.maryiladuntemann.com

2019 Booth # 28

© Mary Ila Duntemann

© Mary Ila Duntemann

I create art glass beads.

My glass beads are constructed hollow and then surface decorated using materials including handmade glass shards, handmade frit (crushed glass), reactive frit powder and silver fuming. My beads are then tumbled in a rock tumbler to achieve a soft, smooth, matte finish. Finally, the beads are hand-buffed with a homemade bead luster butter made from olive oil and beeswax.

My beads are made to be held and my beads are made to be worn.

Berry Davis and Colette Fortin

Celina, OH

2018 booth #57

www.neptunehotglass.com

Solid glass sculpture with an ocean theme. Individual interior parts are sculpted on the punty,assembled,encased in clear glass, and hand shaped while hot.[no paints or molds used] The materials used are glass, glass powders [for color] glass frit, precious metals, and gemstones. We grind, coldwork, and hand facet our pieces using high speed diamond wheels.

© Berry Davis

© Berry Davis

Teresa Soriano

Mosaic Art Professionals
Middleton, WI

© Teresa Soriano

© Teresa Soriano

2019 Booth #5

www.etsy.com/shop/warmglassbyteresa

I begin my pieces with color exploration and then the patient creation of confetti and layering. I heat, cold work and sculpt with multiple 24 hour fusing cycles. My inspiration comes from how a piece may be interpreted by others therapeutically or energetically. I adore playing with light and reflection and bringing color to life with the translucent and opaque nature of fused glass to create original art glass.  

 

Jim & Julie Vermeer

Vermeer Glass Art

Humboldt, IA

www.vermeerglassart.com

2020 Booth

We create kiln-formed decorative glass that is either fully fused or tacked fused to provide texture and depth. We may sandblast the piece to provide a matte finish. Many of our pieces are wall hangings. Magic is the only way to describe what it's like for us to fuse art glass. When a glass piece goes into the kiln for firing, its appearance is how it was assembled. But....after firing and opening the kiln, the kiln gods have given a gift which may or may not bring forth an "Ahhhh!".

We take great pride in our handmade fused art glass and we enjoy the creative process involved.

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Jeff Sorensen

Jeff Sorensen Glass

Minneapolis, MN

2023 Booth #122

Raw. Sharp. Dangerous. Glass is the prose of the soul, brought to life by the breath of its creator. Each piece has its own story, its own charm, its own identity. Whether it is an elegant wave, a hard edge, or a smooth sphere, every piece is hand-blown to challenge preconceptions, inspire the future, and instill a sense of place.

I strive to blend the techniques of the masters, while testing my physical stamina, in new and exciting ways. Blowing glass requires strength and knowledge; strength to not allow the piece to rest and the knowledge to recognize when to beg it to stop. With my glass, I offer beauty. I offer context. I offer a reminder of what it is to be human.

I am a Minneapolis gaffer with more than 15 years of training and practice. Pulling techniques from all over the world, my roots can be found in the Swedish style of glass blowing. Using a style based on high heat and a quick pace, it is my goal to capture the human experience.

© Jeff Sorensen

© Jeff Sorensen

© Jeff Sorensen

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Andrew Shea

Andrew Shea Glass Studio
Minneapolis, MN

sheaglass.com

2019 booth #106

My work consists of blown glass characterized by vivid colors in facetted forms.

Each piece is worked on a blow pipe out of a furnace to create the color patterns and shapes. When cool I grind the glass to shape, sandblast and acid etch the frosted parts, and polish the facets to open up the interiors of each piece.

I have been working in glass since college in the seventies. I enjoy glass because you have to plan the work before you make it but you also have to see what you have before you and deal with that. Glasswork is very hands on and very thoughtful, both aspects that I appreciate.

© Andrew Shea

© Andrew Shea

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Jon Offutt

House of Mulciber

Fargo, ND

2023 Booth #140

© Jon Offutt

Free Blown Glass with hot applied colors.
All of my work is created from clear furnace glass with applied glass frits and powders.
No paints or cold processes are used in my work.

 Jon Offutt has been practicing the craft of glass blowing and building his own glass blowing equipment for more than 40 years. His backyard studio in a riverside Fargo, North Dakota, neighborhood is a favorite destination for schoolchildren who learn about the physics of glass as the only art medium that fights back, arts enthusiasts who stop by to watch Jon make art from molten glass, and art advocates who meet to plan educational and fundraising events.  

The colors Jon Offutt applies to his glass vessels are composed of various metallic oxides, and they react to each other in different ways. Some are “slippery” and some are “sticky.” Jon uses the natural properties of the oxides in different combinations—and intense heat—to create his textures and patterns. Some colors in Jon’s pieces come alive when lit from within—and from those pieces Jon creates lamps and lighted sculptures.  

 “My work is informed by plumb bobs, fishing bobbers, anchors, bubbles in beer, kites, and icicles.” 

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“As a glassblower, I take great joy in fighting against gravity, but I have a deep respect for it. Even a seed can feel gravity. No matter the orientation when planted, roots reach down as the stem sprouts up.” 

© Jon Offutt

Robin Mueller

Brooklyn Park, MN

www.whimsiesdesign.com

2017 booth # 103

My work has been described as quilting with glass, though in simple terms, it is glass on glass mosaic. I draw a pattern and then cut or snip sheet glass to the desired shapes. I also use elements that I have fused in my kiln. These range from simple drops to more intricate bargello strips. In much of my work, I also incorporate glass saucers and beads to add depth. Most pieces are finished with grout, which enhances the colors. I love to use old windows and barn wood as the base of my work.

© Robin Mueller

© Robin Mueller

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