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1. The
Beauty
of Glass
By Thuy Bui

2. The History of American Art
Glass
 During the 1950s, studio ceramics and the craft
media in the US started to be importance, and
American artists who interested in glass began to
do art with glass.
 The American Studio Movement was a new
phenomenon in the early 1960s, that used glass as
an artistic medium.
 In 1962, Harvey Littleton who was a professor of art
at the University of Wisconsin and Dominick Labino
were recognized as the “fathers” of the American
Studio Glass Movement since they presented a
glass workshop.

3. Harvey Littleton

4. DALE CHIHULY
 Started his career in 1969.
 He was the first student of
Harvey Littleton.
 “Dale Chihuly occupies a
unique position in the history
of contemporary art. His work
is immensely popular with the
general public, which usually
disdains the avant-garde. At
the same time, some of the
most important art critics, art Amber and Gold Fiori
historians, and museum Dale Chihuly
curators have acclaimed it
brilliance, quality and
inventiveness.” (Barbara
Rose)

5. 2012 White Pearl Seaform Pair
Dale Chihuly

6. 2012 Violet Persian Pair
Dale Chihuly

7. KIT KARBLER
 Started his career and opened the Blake
Street Glass studio with his friends in 1979.
 The works are distinguished by
thin, concentric lines of colored
glass, immobilized in clear crystal.
 Bottles were their first vessels which are as
their trademark objects.

8. Cherry Chalice
1994
Kit Karbler and Michael David
Denver, CO

9. Penta-Green Paperweight
2001
Kit Karbler and Michael David

10. Rock Bowl
1994
Kit Karbler and Michael David

11. KIMIAKE and SHIN-ICHI
HIGUCHI
 Started their career in 1987.
 About love of nature.
 “In our civilization, human ego is destroying so much of nature. Some of the most
victimized are the smallest creatures. My pieces convey a warning about the
insects and also my feelings about their loss.” (The Higuchis)
Encore Glass and Fine Art Raspberry Vase Cabbage Leaves
Kimiake Higuchi Kimiake Higuchi Kimiake Higuchi

12. Susan Gott
 Started her career in 1991.
 Susan has combined all her philosophical
musing with the abstract, symbolic human
form to create vessels which serve as a
connection to Spirit.
 “My work embodies my interest in
mythological imagery, symbolism and
philosophies from historic and ancient cultures
as I investigate these ideas using glass as a
sculptural medium.” (Susan Gott)

13. Buddha Disc
Susan Gott
Oval Buddha Disc
Green
Susan Gott
Golden Buddha Disc

14. Work source:
http://www.pismoglass.com/
http://www.seekersglass.com/more_about_
glass.htm
The Foothills Art Center in Golden, Colorado.