Every year, the Glass Art Guild of Utah mounts a comprehensive exhibition of local glass arts at Red Butte Garden that is exhaustive in more than one sense of the word. All media, from the smallest ornaments and tiny, colorful objects to large functional and decorative creations, are […]
Glass is one of the more remarkable materials found in nature. Spewed from a volcano, molten glass can cool quickly in the air before landing as obsidian, which when broken produces sharp edges that make perfect tools for cultures that lack metals. Dissolved in water, it precipitates out […]
From a blue depiction of microscopic amoeba to a life size rectangular wall of an artist’s abstract version of their life, it’s clear that residents of the St. George area will get their share of beauty from Sparkle and Glow: A Clear View, the glass art exhibition at The St. […]
Forty-five years is a lifetime on the job: long enough to stretch from school to retirement. It is also the age of the American studio glass movement, which began in the 1960s with glass blowing breakthroughs by Harvey Littleton at the University of Wisconsin. Since then, increasing control […]
