For years, I’ve been talking about ways to elevate the glass scene in Buffalo, never knowing that there was a well established local leader in the realm who first set up shop in 2009. It was glass ...

WATERLOO – In lampworking, an oxygen-propane torch is used to melt and shape molten glass using simple tools and gravity. After three weeks in her first class in making lampwork beads, Rhonda Scott ...

Ellen Mead creates flowers, beads, and small jars, using the ancient art of lampwork. The history of manmade glass, according to the Corning Museum of Glass, is about 4,000 years old. The term ...

Chris Buzzini makes lampwork paperweights, encasing tiny glass flowers inside more glass. Oregon City’s Chris Buzzini keeps the 150-year-old craft of lampwork paperweights alive. These crystalline ...

Dive into the mesmerizing world of lampworking in our latest video, "The Magic of Lampworking: Crafting Intricate Glass ...

"Art does not solve problems but makes us aware of their existence. It opens our eyes to see and our brain to imagine." Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930- ), sculptor VALLEYFORD – Rudy Rooster, Chief Hot ...

When handcrafted, artisanal beads speak to your soul so loudly they’re practically shouting, you buy them. At least, your columnist does. The same likely is true for the many customers of Maui-based ...