IGNACIO – Observers from around the country gathered last weekend in Ignacio to watch local glass blowing master Roger Dale turn bulbs of molten glass into works of art. About 250 people, from Vermont ...

There is everyday run-of-the-mill glass that we all have in our shelves. And then there is glass "art" — that mysterious realm where glass transforms from the functional into another artistic medium ...

Old World Venetian glassmakers were so good at what they did and so secretive about the way they did it, those who blabbed could be hunted down and killed. The glassmakers’ delicate goblets graced the ...

N early 2 million tons of glass ended up in landfills in 2005, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Erwin Timmers is doing his part to change that practice. The sculptor who works with ...

Murano glass is famous the world over for its history as well as the expert creations that artisans from the island make.

Big, bright, beautiful. That’s Dale Chihuly — and his art. Both are larger than life. An exuberant character with Santa Claus cheeks, coiled-wire hair and a black eye patch, Chihuly, 62, is the ...

It makes perfect sense that a 19th century German glass artisan with a pet snail named Lotte - who kept the pet's shell in an ornate box after she died - devoted his life to capturing the ephemeral ...