KILNFORMING

Patty Gray

As an art student in college working primarily in clay, PATTY GRAY was introduced to glass blowing in 1973. She and her husband built their first glass blowing studio in 1975 and Patty started fusing early 80's. Together they have produced architectural fused/cast glasswork for installations in major hotels, public buildings and private residences as well as a body of personal work.

 Dar Horn

DAR HORN has worked as a survey archaeologist and lived with hunters and gathers in South America. He has taught anthropology and archaeology at the community college and university levels, as well as, general education at elementary and middle schools ranging from the inner city to migrant farm communities to suburbia. Dar's love of glass comes from studying with many renown teachers including; "John Williams taught me how to apply the Laws of Physics to glass. Roger Thomas showed that physical laws and beauty are not incompatible. Amerinda taught me about attention to details. And Einar and Jamex de la Torre (the original 'anti-purists') showed me how physics, beauty, and detail can be combined to create meaning."

Roger Nachman

ROGER NACHMAN has over 30 years experience in creating glass artwork. In his studio in Seattle, he creates commissioned Art for Architecture for a wide variety of clientele. Known for years also for his inimitable dichroic glass insect sculptures, recent commissions have made him known for his handling of the medium representing underwater and other biological and scientific themes. Roger is an excellent instructor, with nearly as many years experience teaching, as he has producing art. He lived and worked in Japan for 8 years prior to moving to Seattle, which has also had a major influence on his sense of aesthetics.

Terry Ow-Wing

Each of TERRY OW-WING'S creations is one of a kind. All of her work emphasizes individuality, not mass production, incorporating light and its play on color, volume, space, and texture. Her background as an architect augmented with experiences in glass blowing and photography allow her to manipulate glass to capture light in many original designs. Her work is featured in Brad Walkers, Contemporary Warm Glass, as she predominately works with transparent glass with many dichroic accents. Her pieces are best viewed at many angles allowing both dynamic and subtle change of color to occur within the art piece. This dance of color and light will bring joy to the eyes and the heart.

Richard Parrish

RICHARD PARRISH is the owner of and designer for Fusio Studio, a studio for kiln formed glass in Bozeman, Montana. He is also an architect and owner of Studio Poiesis, an architectural design firm. He holds a Master of Architecture degree from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Idaho. His work was selected for the Corning Museum of Glass’s New Glass Review 27, and he was awarded the American Craft Council Award of Achievement in 2003.Richard has taught at the Bullseye Resource Center in Portland, Oregon, and was a featured panelist at BECon.

Jayne Persico

JAYNE PERSICO has worked in stained glass, kiln formed glass, and hot glass for more than 25 years and has been a popular workshop speaker for over a decade. Credited in books, magazines and on national television for her work, she is widely known for her glass design and groundbreaking finishing techniques, particularly in bracelets and watches. As innovator of the kiln formed bracelet technique and her trademarked glass embossing system. Jayne has also developed the precision tools that support these procedures. She is author of Innovative Adornments: an Introduction to Fused Glass and Wired Jewelry and has produced six instructional videos on fusing, glass & wire jewelry designs and kiln forming. Recently acknowledged by Waterford Crystal for her achievements, Jayne was invited to work with their designers in Ireland to incorporate her bracelet technique into their crystal. Her unique work is represented in galleries in the United States and Internationally. 

Johnathon Schmuck

JOHNATHON SCHMUCK was awarded the first Fulbright Scholarship to attend the Canberra School of Art, in Australia, where he received a Master of Visual Arts in 2000. He worked with Klaus Moje, Kirstie Rea, and Scott Chaseling while the "Roll Up" technique for blowing kiln-formed Bullseye glass was being perfected in the Glass Workshop at Canberra.

Roger Thomas

ROGER THOMAS began working with glass in 1973 in California, first in stained, then blown glass and a decade later in fusing. In 1988, he moved his studio to Portland, Oregon where he continues experimenting with fused glass as a pictorial medium, developing methods of dealing with what he calls "the fused glass palette". He exhibits his "paintings in glass" and teaches his techniques in U.S. and international venues.

Kerry Transtrum

KERRY TRANSTRUM is a well-known glass artist whose favorite discipline is kiln-formed glass. He started working in the glass medium approximately 25 years ago and became fascinated with forming and shaping glass in a kiln about 18 years ago. After studying with some of the glass industry giants such as Narsissis Quagliata and Gil Reynolds, Mr. Transtrum took the classic technique information he gleaned from those artists and began to experiment and form his own uniquen and very beautiful style. Recently, Kerry studied with glass master Klaus Moje at the prestigious Pilchuk Glass School in Stanwood Washington and has begun incorporating the new and exciting ideas that developed from that tutelage.

Erik Whittemore

ERIK WHITTEMORE earned his BS in art with a focus in sculpture from Eastern Oregon University. He teaches kilncasting and coldworking classes at Bullseye that were developed, in part, from his experience assisting visiting artists and interns. An instructor/technician at Bullseye since 2004, he has assisted Richard Whiteley at Pilchuck, presented at BECon 07’ and attended Clifford Rainey’s Master Class at North Lands Creative Glass in Scotland. When not at Bullseye, he can be found in his studio creating mixed media works.

FLAMEWORKING

Bandu Dunham

BANDU DUNHAM has been working with glass for more than thirty years. Apart from publishing several books on working with glass, he has shared his expertise in lampworking techniques by teaching at numerous institutions and events worldwide, including The Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass in New York, Red Deer College in Calgary, the Niijima International Glass Art Festival, the International Glass Symposium in Lauscha, Germany, and Penland School of Crafts. Bandhu’s work is featured in the permanent collections of several museums including the Corning Museum of Glass, the Niijima Glass Art Center and Museum für Glaskunst Lauscha.

Kristina Logan

KRISTINA LOGAN is recognized internationally for her glass beads. She lives and works in New Hampshire and Provence, France. She was one of only four artists selected for exhibition in the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery Invitational: Four Discoveries in Craft, 2002. "Logan's beads exhist in their own right as art... ", writes Kenneth Trapp, Curator-in-Charge at the Renwick Gallery. Articles about her work have appeared in numerous publications - GLASS magazine, ORNAMENT magazine, Beadwork magazine, Bead & Button magazine, Lapidary Journal, and La Revue de la Céramic et du Verre. Kristina served as president of the International Society of Glass Beadmakers from 1996 - 1998. Kristina has taught beadmaking at such well know schools as; The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, New York, Urban Glass in Brooklyn, New York, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Maine, Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina, and more. The artist writes that beads "are part of my lifelong fascination with art and ornamentation. Glass beads form an historical thread, connecting people and cultures throughout our history ". Kristina's work and desire to educate has been an inspiration for many glass beadmakers throughout the world.

Kate Fowle Meleney

KATE FOWLE MELENEY has published numerous articles in Lapidary Journal, Glass Art and Sculpture Magazine -- among others. The Renwick Gallery, the Glasmuseum in Denmark and the 2004 Glass Art Society (GAS) Conference are just some of the places Kate has demonstrated her techniques. More impressive than Kate's resume is her work. Her specialty -- electroforming onto glass -- helps her achieve a style that is distinctive and beautiful. On her web site, Kate describes her new "biotech" series as glass forms inspired by nature (Bio) and enclosing them in an electroformed skin (tech) to add contrast to the glass surface as well as textural interest.

Milissa Montini

MILISSA MONTINI has been learning about glass since 1978, when at Penn State University she earned her BFA in ceramics and glass. Milissa’s work in contemporary glass art is based on exploring form and color in glass with the interaction of light. Her designs are timeless, reminiscent of an ancient lure. She uses the murrini as the starting point and the basis for her design work. Milissa has taught at Penland Craft School, Corning Museum of Glass, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts and the Fundacion Centro Nacional del Vidrio, located in La Granja, Spain.

Sharon Peters

SHARON PETERS thoughts: "Working with glass and flame is so much fun, it should be illegal. I like playing with primary colors and sculptural forms; my favorite beads are the bright silly ones that tell a story and make people laugh. The process of melting and forming the glass is so calm and meditative, and the gratification is so instant, that the finished piece is just an added bonus."

Leslie Theil

LESLIE THEIL is an exciting glass bead maker who’s new technique is turning the lampwork world upside down. Her new technique is a hybrid of skill and guts! As a board member of the International Society of Glass Beadmakers, Leslie brings years of experience and teaching skill to her innovative classes.

Heather Trimlett

Glass has been part of HEATHER TRIMLETT'S life for the last 24 years. She worked with architectural stained glass, fusing and sand-blasting until 13 years ago when she fell in love with lampworked beads! She's been in love ever since and likes to say "I don't do windows anymore!" Heather delights in discovering new color combinations using glass!

Pati Walton

PATI WALTON began her career designing and producing stained glass, suncatchers, and kaleidoscopes. Basically self taught, Pati has devoted her career to the art world. In 1992 she watched a video on glass beadmaking and decided to try her hand at it. Since 1992, most of her time has been devoted to creating unique and different kinds of glass beads. Her goal is to keep learning and creating. From mountains, meadows, & deserts, to aquariums and flower gardens, her enthusiasm and love of glass is apparent in all of her beads.

PMC

Kate McKinnon

KATE MCKINNON has been designing and creating jewelry for 10 years. She lectures and teaches internationally and is the author of several popular books on jewelry technique. She is best known for her work as a metal clay artist, especially as she took First Place in the PMC category of the prestigious Saul Bell Design Award competition in 2005. Kate feels that making jewelry is actually a very small part of who she is. Kate sees herself as a communicator who shares what she loves with others through teaching, her website, speeches, magazine articles and books. Kate believes that strong connections are important both to building successful jewelry and to creating a meaningful life. She also believes that everyone has the capacity to create.