LUKE ADAMS  Luke Adams of Mass­a­chu­setts pro­duces hand­blown glass, hang­ing sun catch­ers, paper­weights and dec­o­ra­tive accents. While he dis­cov­ered his love of draw­ing at an early age, it was dur­ing col­lege that he was drawn to glass blow­ing. Not only is Adams fol­low­ing his dream to work as an artist, but he also teaches glass­blow­ing and hot fused glass jew­elry mak­ing at his studio.

NINA CAMBRON  Nina Cam­bron has been a full time artist since receiv­ing her BFA degree in 1978. She cre­ates in her Detroit area stu­dio. Nina draws her fused glass pieces before cut­ting any glass, select­ing col­ors to achieve a mul­ti­tude of hues, shapes and pat­terns. The art of fused glass is cen­turies old. Bub­bles in the glass are not imper­fec­tions, but rather the “thumbprint” of a hand­crafted work of art.

KATHY HUDSON  An exten­sive line of afford­able, func­tional and styl­ish fused glass table­top and gift­ware are hand­made by Texas artist Kathy Hud­son. After los­ing her job and cre­at­ing beaded jew­elry for a time, she took a glass class and was imme­di­ately hooked.

RICK HUNTER  Cal­i­for­nia glass blower, Rick Hunter, has been cre­at­ing hand blown glass designs for the last 20 years. The glass stu­dio is a one-man stu­dio spe­cial­iz­ing in unique and indi­vid­ual art pieces. These exquis­ite, one-of-a-kind glass designs include pitcher sets, vases, and lamps. “Ele­gant” and “refresh­ing” define Hunter’s glass.

VIRGIL JONES  North Car­olina glass blower Vir­gil Jones’ career in glass blow­ing began in the late 1980’s with a chal­lenge from a friend to make a glass bead. Not one to turn down a chal­lenge, Vir­gil took a piece of stained glass and small propane torch and went for it. Within four months he left his career job and started sell­ing his glass beads. The jew­elry beads quickly grew in size and com­plex­ity. Vir­gil delved into the hot glass world in all its forms. Since 2003 he has been cre­at­ing his beau­ti­ful glass balls in his one man stu­dio in west­ern North Car­olina. His art glass is a con­tem­po­rary com­bi­na­tion of unique old style skills with mod­ern hand-blown fur­nace work.

ANNE NYE  Nebraska artist Anne Nye’s fused glass tech­nique comes from her back­ground as a painter. “I lit­er­ally paint with lay­ers of crushed glass, block­ing in back­ground col­ors then cre­ate new col­ors by adding lay­ers of trans­par­ent and opaque glass, cre­at­ing tex­ture & depth.”