Pumpkin Patch, Opening Sept. 4
byAsheville flameworker Mark DeShields’ “unexplainable reverence” for pumpkins dates back to elementary school, when every student in his grade was given one to carve….
North Carolina Glass Center
Ben Greene-Colonnese: New Work, Opening July 26
byAbout 10 years ago, glass artist Ben Greene-Colonnese hiked to the cliffs of Rumbling Bald Mountain in Lake Lure. As the trail reached its…
Pointing a Compass Toward the Sublime
byAfter high school, Los Angeles native Ben Miller trekked across the country to study ceramics at Alfred University in New York. But in 2010,…
New Work at the North Carolina Glass Center
byfeatherless hatchling cries out for its mother. A trio of cottontails spins on a merry-go-round. A human hand embraces a green viper. These are…
A Hole New World
byIn a world of unprecedented division, donuts seem to be the one thing we can all agree on. No matter your age, gender, race,…
Leading You Down the Fairy Path, Torch in Hand
byThe magical creatures in Marti Svoboda-Sidelnick’s intricately composed glass pieces are real. After all, you can see and touch them. As the artist views…
Melissa Broek
byMelissa BroekMedium: jewelryNorth Carolina Glass CenterInstagram: @miss_melissa_broek What I’m Working On: I am so thankful to have my studio in my home at this…
Decades of Study and Thousands of Miles in, Blower is Still Hot for Glass
byJohn Almaguer’s artistic epiphany wasn’t reverent or momentous. It just made him giddy — “like a kid in a candy shop,” he says. “No…