Glass Makers

A potted history of some of the greatest art glass makers from right across the globe. From Roman right up to 21-century artists.

Glass producers have come a long way since they first began producing glass beads in Egyptian times.

Now, makers of glass are showing off their skills to a very high degree. So much so, that modern glass artists are often feted as fine art glass artists.

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From Fire to Ice: James Houston’s Mesmerising Glass Art Sculptures

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A few decades before the world-renowned Steuben glassworks closed its doors forever in 2011, it was dominating the world of glass art sculpture thanks to its impossibly clear, intricately detailed pieces depicting life in the far northern reaches of Canada. These glass art sculptures—which at their zenith commanded prices of nearly $20,000 U.S. dollars—were not […]

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Coloured Glass: The Mysterious Glow of Vaseline Glass

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While we have previously discussed the safety and basic history of that most enticingly eerie of fin de siecle and early 20th century glass varieties—Uranium or “Vaseline” glass—in our piece Uranium Glass: Haunting Green Beauty, there is much more that remains to be said about this unique and controversial form of art glass. The science

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Tiffany Art Glass

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Iridescent Dreams: The Story of Louis Comfort Tiffany There is no question that in the realm of Art Nouveau glass, and within the aesthetic of Art Nouveau as a whole, Louis Comfort Tiffany is the stuff of legend. Best known for being the father of Tiffany art glass, Louis Tiffany helped to establish America as

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Modern Glass Art: Ysart’s Monart Years

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Monart glass has, in recent years, finally begun to garner some much-deserved attention on the antique market, with rare pieces fetching as much as £2000 at auction. While this trend reflects an overall growth of interest in, and appreciation for, Scotland’s plentiful contribution to modern glass art, many Scottish glassworks still remain shrouded in a

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Roman Glass: The Art of Glass Blowing in the Roman Empire

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Today, glass is ubiquitous; we see it everywhere we go, bottling items at the supermarket, filling window frames, tumbling from careless hands into ditches, and eventually showing up as polished, colourful pebbles that shimmer across our beaches. Prior to the Romans, however, glass was as rare as gold and precious gemstones owing to the limited

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