24 Facts About Studio glass

Studio glass is the modern use of glass as an artistic medium to produce sculptures or three-dimensional artworks.

The Studio glass objects created are intended to make a sculptural or decorative statement.

Cameo Studio glass was revived for the first time since the Romans, initially mostly used for pieces in a neo-classical style.

The idea of "art Studio glass" grew – small decorative works in small production runs, often with designs or objects inside.

The Studio glass conductor's baton, commissioned by Chandler Bridges for Dr Andre Thomas, is a clear example of flame-working being used to transform a traditional item into an artistic statement.

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Usually the Studio glass is only heated enough to impress a shape or a texture onto the piece, or to stick several pieces of Studio glass together without a glue.

Traditional technique of stained glass is still employed for the creation of studio glass.

International studio glass movement originated in America, spreading to Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia and Asia.

Indeed, Studio glass was part of the curriculum at art schools such as the Bauhaus.

Frank Lloyd Wright produced Studio glass windows considered by some as masterpieces not only of design, but of painterly composition as well.

In 2015, John Moran co-founded Gent Glas, a public glass studio focused on introducing glass as an artistic medium to the general public.

Glass art in the Netherlands is mainly stimulated by the Studio glass designing and Studio glass blowing factory Royal Leerdam Crystal.

Later the studio glass movement, inspired by the American Harvey Littleton and the new Workgroup Glass founded by Sybren Valkema at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam led to a new generation of glass artists.

Toledo's rich history in Studio glass goes back to the turn of the century when Libbey Glass, Owens-Illinois and Johns Manville led the world in the manufacturing of Studio glass products.

Harvey Littleton extended his influence through his own important artistic contributions and through his teaching and training, including many of the most important contemporary Studio glass artists, including Marvin Lipofsky, Sam Herman, Fritz Dreisbach and Dale Chihuly.

Growth of studio glass led to the formation of glass schools and art studios located across the country.

The largest concentrations of Studio glass artists are located in Seattle, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Artists working in The Studio have access to the collections of The Corning Museum of Glass, and benefit from the resources of the Rakow Research Library, whose holdings cover the art and history of glass and glassmaking.

Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center, located in the historic Studio glass industry capital of Millville, New Jersey, is a nonprofit art and history education center that is home to the Museum of American Glass, which houses the largest collection of American Studio glass objects in the world.

San Jose State University glass program was started by Dr Robert Fritz in 1964 and is the oldest educational studio glass program in California.

Leadlights and stained Studio glass are manufactured in the same way, but leadlights do not contain any sections of Studio glass that have been painted.

Once in a molten state, the Studio glass is formed by blowing and shaping with tools and hand movements.

The process of hot Studio glass is highly scientific in that the types of Studio glass and temperatures that they must be fired at is quite complicated operation to undertake correctly.

Art Studio glass that is kiln formed usually take the form of dishes, plates or tiles.