On Patrol by Robert Warden

Flameworked Blacktip Reef Shark and two Spotted Eagle Rays cruising along the reef. Mounted on a base of finished burlwood.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 12 x 12 x 12

Making Lemonade from Lemons by Ian Chadwick

10" slumped kiln-formed square platter with 9 separate compositions produced by 8 class members and TA.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 10 x 10 x 2

East Liberty Sunrise by Annie Heisey

Painting of the spire of the East Liberty Presbyterian Church with the sun rising behind it. This painting was part of a larger series of Pittsburgh paintings entitled "Beautiful Day in the Burgh".

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 8 x 8 x 0.75

Kiyomi Platter by Dan Buchanan

Powder printed glass, fused and slumped. "Powder Printing is an adaptation of screen printing techniques that replaces ink and paper with powdered glass and sheet glass. I begin by digitally manipulating images taken from the living world around me or from historical photos. Just like in traditional screen printing, each image is broken down into its constituent colors, screens are produced, and then placed above a layer of flat sheet glass. I create the image by forcing powdered colored glass through the screens onto the sheet glass, which becomes the canvas for the design. When fired in the kiln, the glass particles fuse together, and pieces can then be used as panels or set up over ceramic or metal forms and heated until they slump into a desired shape." -Dan Buchanan

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 1 x 18 x 18

I Made A Valentine For My Dentist!!!!! by Naz Khoury

This lace heart was cut from a larger length of second-hand vintage linen and embedded into a sculpted clay base. From there, I built a mold and casted it with several pounds of 96COE frit in a kiln at 1550 degrees. It is one of a series of playful experiments, but unique in both its fluoride coloring and foamy texture-perfect for a toothpaste commercial. A collection piece for your bathroom, perhaps a small reminder to brush your teeth twice a day! Naz is also part of the Pittsburgh Glass Center community, as a Tech Apprentice, an educational program that gives emerging glass artists professional studio experience while supporting the development of their own artistic practices.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 1" x 6.5" x 9"

Earrings by Pattern Play Glass

Earrings, murrine, cold worked, wax finish. Pattern Play Glass is the studio & shop of Jordan Fine

"Using glass as the primary medium, my body of work is composed of visual patterns and juxtapositions--repetitive shapes, images, color relationships, size, texture--both organized and organic. It is my goal to create experiences and objects for people, viewers and wearers alike, that will grant them a tangible moment of playfulness, artfulness, and genuine joy." Fine is also part of the Pittsburgh Glass Center community as a Part-time Instructor.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 2 x 5.25

Pointilist Bowl by Kaeko Maehata

Hand blown glass piece with murrine technique. Kaeko Maehata has had a strong artistic instinct since she was a child. She started out drawing and creating with her hands, and continued to develop professionally as an artist at Kanazawa Art College in her native country of Japan.

The artist has experience painting, sculpting, sawing, weaving, beading, and much, much more. There is one art form, however, keeps Kaeko continuously captivated- glass. Kaeko has called herself a glass artist since 1992. "Glass is still a very exciting medium for me. I can discover something new every day with glass!" the artist shared. Kaeko's glass work includes beaded glass, fused glass, and blown glass. A variety of colors are included in these pieces, ensuring that each individual work of art is innately unique.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 5.75" x 5.5" x 5.5"

Pineapple Goblet by Sukayna El Hani

Traditional Venetian glass blowing techniques often use optic tools to apply texture on the glass. Taking inspiration of the pineapple mold, this piece was created using gold topaz and emerald green colors to make the ultimate pineapple goblet.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 3.7 x 8.5 x 3.7

Jade Pop Necklace by SaraBeth Post Eskuche

From the Ice Gem series, the Jade Pop Necklace is made of hollow borosilicate glass featuring soft facets that reflect light at every angle. Layer it over a basic t-shirt for a casual evening happy hour or with a tropical flowy sundress and a Pina colada. The hand-forged sterling silver clasp mimics the shape of the blown beads.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 1 x 1 x 24

Cirsium by Ellie Durham-Britton//Graphite Glassworks

Stained glass thistle, decorative soldering to make 3D thistle spears. About Graphite

The name Graphite Glassworks came to Ellie while trying to figure out how to represent their work in their name. Ellie loves drafting complex and precise geometric patterns using pencil, paper, and a good old-fashioned protractor, as well as incorporating natural geological materials such as agate slices into their pieces. Between their penchant for pencil drawings and their background in geology, Graphite felt like the best word to describe the combined elements of their work.

In both stained and fused glass, Ellie approaches the natural and the fantastical with an equal dose of whimsy and meticulousness. An instructor at the Pittsburgh Glass Center and emerging artist with the Craftsmen's Guild of Pittsburgh, their award-winning work is in conversation with environmental concerns such as global warming, invasive species, and climate resilience, as well as community organization and the universal tradition of oral folklore. Their pieces can be seen at various locations around Pittsburgh and have won awards at the 2024 and 2025 Delphi Art Glass Festivals, and their stained glass lantern, "Dusk," won Pittsburgh Glass Center's 2024 people's choice residency.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 12 x 18 x 0.5

**3rd Place, Artwork Valued Over $1k**

Concrete Cannon by Christopher Figueroa

This cast glass spray can was created to encapsulate the imagery I saw as a youth growing up in Los Angeles. Walking the streets of LA was like perusing a gallery of local artists every day, each indulging in painted imagery while employing their respective styles and techniques. Seeing these pieces as a child was my first exposure to art and my first spark of curiosity as a delinquent artist myself, so much so that I often regard my juvenile adventures tagging the city as my beginning in glass, over a decade before I found it. When I first started experimenting with cast glass as a glassblower, I knew I wanted to make a tribute to my beginnings in art, so I chose the tool from those beginnings as my focus. Glass flows and spreads, both akin to and yet wholly different from glass, so I wanted to enshrine that movement on the surface of the can, showing the similarities between the media. Concrete Cannon shows the unexpected first tool that informed my glass journey.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 7.5 x 2.5 x 2.5

Heater Vessel by Matt Kolbrener

Matt Kolbrener's Heater Vessel brings an industrial sensibility to blown glass, transforming a functional form into a striking sculptural object. The vessel's vivid yellow color gives the piece an energetic presence, while its tall, cylindrical shape and rhythmic surface pattern evoke the coils and machinery that inspire Kolbrener's work. Drawing from Detroit's post-industrial landscape, Kolbrener uses custom steel tools to shape and texture hot glass, creating pieces that feel at once rugged, contemporary, and refined.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 14 x 5 x 5

I Sea You by Pam Keen

Flameworked fish with antique beads and silver

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 20 length; 2x3 pendant

Inspire (Cherry) by Percy Echols II

Engraved and Blown glass, with metal stand.

This was the first piece (2017) in the series called "Inspire', featuring blown glass lungs, which began as an exercise in drawing on glass using engraving and carving techniques. In creating the lungs, an effortless fluidity and breath are required to give it shape and form. To balance these efforts, like its namesake, I let the process be my inspiration. Each drawing starts with a series lines that wrap around the piece. These lines are then used as guides to create an evolving pattern when viewed from multiple perspectives. While Design is the focus of the work, the labor reveals something beautiful when we can peel away the outer layers and see what lies beneath.

photography provided by Nathan J Shaulis of Porter Loves

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 16in x 6in x 6in

Beaded Pendant by Melaina Thompson

Small kiln-fused glass with flower motif surrounded by red and pink beads

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 1.25 x 1.5 x 0.5

Cobalt Vase with Gold Leaf by Beyvan Schantz

A cobalt blue blown glass vase with applied gold leaf. Schantz is also part of the Pittsburgh Glass Center community as a Part-time Instructor.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 5 x 9.5 x 5

A New Hope: Boba Blue by Michael Janis

Cast glass bas relief, 8" x 8" x 2" A New Hope (Boba Blue) reimagines one of cinema's most ominous icons as something unexpectedly luminous, playful, and seductive. Cast in richly blue glass, the wall-mounted bas relief transforms the familiar Death Star imagery into an object of beauty -- less planet-destroying weapon than glowing retro-futurist artifact. Light moves through the dimensional surface, revealing shifting depth, subtle textures, and architectural detail embedded within the glass. Part of an ongoing pop-art collaboration with Chicago artist Tony Porto, the A New Hope series explores how cultural symbols can be reframed through material, color, and humor. Drawing loosely from the visual language of science-fiction relics and the iconic "frozen in carbonite" imagery of the Star Wars universe, the cast relief gives the object a preserved, almost excavated presence -- as though this symbol has been suspended in glass and rediscover

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 8 x 8 x 2

Finding Maggie by Joseph Cavalieri

Hand painted, airbrushed kiln fired enamels on glass. solder. Black wooden frame. LED lights and plug.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 9 x 9 x 1.5

Blue Bolo Necklace by David Licata

Torch worked glass chain maille - borosilicate glass - blue sparkle.

Traditionally, Chain maille was used for protection by knights in battle but today it is mostly worn as jewelry. My work questions the idea of protection and finds beauty in the fragile forms. All of these works are created using torchworked borosilicate glass and various chain maille techniques. Experimenting with shapes, size and complex patterns allow for a diverse range of effects in light and shadow. Contradictions in strength and security are questioned with clear glass emitting strong and powerful shadows. Each piece is unique and changes with every installation or how it's worn on each individual.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 0.5 x 0.5 x 28

Foiled by Isaac Beachy

Cast glass sculpture. Made in a PGC class supported by a PGC scholarship.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 8 x 5 x 5

Pink & Blue by Sylvia Gray Altman

This playful flameworked soft glass bead necklace features a vibrant palette of translucent blue, soft pink, and white. Each bead is individually crafted with layered colors, dots, and organic patterns, creating a whimsical, dimensional piece that highlights the intricate possibilities of flameworking. Altman is also part of the Pittsburgh Glass Center community as a Studio Technician.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 1.5" x 4" x 1.5"

Technicolor Calvaria by Zac Gorell

This stunning piece was created using a copy of a real human skull as the base. Ornamentation was added and then a mold made. Initially the piece was cast with Bullseye Glass. Once it cooled the piece was then etched with acid and then coated with glass enamel paints. After the paints had dried the cast skull was heated back up in a kiln. When it reach the proper temp it was picked back up on a punty to be fired in a glory hole where any finishing touches were made.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 5 x 5 x 8

Moon and Stars by Priscilla Kar Yee Lo

Hot glass and digitally enhanced nontraditional pate de verre, in collaboration with Isaac Tecosky 2025

Breaking Patterns Series explores the intersection of cultural tradition, identity, and the pressures of conformity. Culture shape who we are and create patterns of behaviour that are hard to break. In this series, the interaction between hot and kiln-formed glass metaphorically represents the constant push and pull between identity, culture, and self-discovery. It creates moments of transformation, distortion, and fragility.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 7 x 15 x 18

Chalcedony Vase by Christopher N. Hofmann

Christopher Hofmann's Chalcedony Glass Vase showcases the mesmerizing color and movement of chalcedony glass, a technique that blends multiple colors and mineral oxides to create patterns reminiscent of natural stone. Hofmann combines this ancient glassmaking tradition with contemporary blown-glass forms, creating a vessel that feels both richly historic and distinctly modern.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 9.5" x 5.5" x 5.5"

Clear borosilicate glass vase by Tim Drier

Tim Drier has been a glassblower for 25 years, and applies his scientific glassblowing expertise to artistic flameworking. He concentrates on creating decanters, goblets, and vases.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 4x7.5

Co.Exist by Tali Grinshpan

Two circular panels hanged on a wall. Title: Co.Exist Year made: 2026 Technique: Pate de Verre, mixed media Materials: glass, botanicals, wood panels, acrylic Dimensions: 8"H x 8"W x 2"D

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 2 x 8 x 8

Autumn Song by Leslie J Kaplan

Nine flameworked glass, light, thin disc beads with copper centers are layered and strung on a matching seed-beaded stainless steel cable. Loop clasp over another disc bead. Autumn colors- soft gold, olive green, amber, and metallic shades of brown and gold. The necklace is 20.5 inches long.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 0.25 x 2.5" x 20.5"

meadow waves by Jason Forck

Meadow Waves evokes the gentle movement and layered colors of a rural landscape. Blown and slumped glass form an organic wall-hung composition, with flowing contours that suggest grasses shifting in the breeze or the rolling surface of a meadow. Forck's work often draws on his upbringing in rural Kansas and his interest in the quiet beauty of the American landscape, using glass to create a sense of warmth, calm, and connection to place. Forck is also part of the Pittsburgh Glass Center community, having served as the Creative Director for twenty years!

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 6" x 1" x 12"

Whiskey Mobius Vessel by Adam Kenney

The Whiskey Mobius Vessel is from a series of works that pays homage to the visionary Romanian sculptor Constantin Brancusi, whose minimalist forms and integration of materials have long inspired me. Brancusi challenges us to "not try to make materials speak our language; we must go with them to the point where others will understand their language." Like Brancusi, I strive to create harmony between mediums, merging them into singular, contemplative forms. These blown glass vessels, with their elevating bases turned from hardwoods and skins of silver foil, receive a subtly undulating lip created through engraving processes.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 8 x 9 x 8

...Do...Part... by Lauren Kalman

...Do...Part... originates from an action where blown glass is distorted through being held or hugged by the body. The jewelry is left behind with the vessel along with the impression of the body. Once the vessels are distorted, they are not altered; oxidation of the metal, folds in the glass, and textures are all locked in place. These objects are markers of a specific moment and relationship between the body, jewelry, and vessel. They solidify that moment, much like the void of a victim of Pompeii left in the ash. In the glass vessels the body pulls away, but copper jewelry remains, with the face of the jewelry embedded in the clay and glass and the inside or back visible to the viewer. A bracelet that was around the wrist as the vessel was held is partially embedded in the surface with the remainder dangling off the side. An earring is pressed into the surface surrounded by the imprint of an absent ear.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 10 x 15 x 10

**1st Place Winner, People's Choice**

I Open My Heart by Art By Armani

"I Open My Heart" is an exploration of self love and sacrifice. Featuring different stained glass layering techniques and enmel paint to add depth shown in the mushrooms and ladybugs that inhabit this piece. This piece comes straight from the heart, it is a full oepning of the jewelry box that is ourselves. I encourage you to listen to the song that encourages this piece: "Open my heart" by Sweet Boy.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 16.5 x 24 x 16.5

Cerise Vase with Blue Cane by Rachael Strittmatter

Cerise vase with blue line work using the cane process/technique. Rachael Strittmatter is also part of the Pittsburgh Glass Center community, having served as a Tech Apprentice, an educational program that gives emerging glass artists professional studio experience while supporting the development of their own artistic practices. Strimatter is now the Groups and Events Coordinator at PGC.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 8x8x11

Beetle Cabochon by Michael "Fig" Mangiafico

borosilicate glass Red Beetle encased on a whilte millifiori background - millifiori cane and beetle components flameworked at the torch, fused into microwave kiln, then polished

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 2.25 x 0.5 x 2.25

Rainbow Sky (I wish) by Chiara Lutz

Enameled and kilnformed glass tray. Lutz is also part of the Pittsburgh Glass Center community, as a Tech Apprentice, an educational program that gives emerging glass artists professional studio experience while supporting the development of their own artistic practices.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 4 x 2 x 10

What the hand see's by Saburo

Ruber hose style scultpure; black, white, & red

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 1.5 x 3 x 4.5

Rainbow Wig Wag by Olivia Ruth

Rainbow Wig Wag Vase is a vibrant celebration of color and pattern. Swirling ribbons of bright hues create the playful "wig wag" effect across the blown glass form, giving the vase energy and movement from every angle. As a current Technical Apprentice at Pittsburgh Glass Center, Ruth is building her skills and studio practice while contributing to the daily life of PGC's studios. This colorful piece offers a glimpse into the creativity of an emerging glass artist.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 6.5 x 9.25 x 6.5

"Starscope" by Wesley Bull

Glass blown kaleidoscope with a sculpted glass marble and copper enamel face.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 8 x 2 x 2

Shattered, Still Beating by Libby's Tree

A vibrant cobalt heart appears caught between creation and collapse. One side remains whole and resilient, while the other eruates into a cloud of fractured glass, suspended in motion as if time itself has paused. Flecks of green emerge among the blue fragments, suggesting growth, healing, and life within the chaos.

Shattered, Still Beating explores the paradox of heartbreak and resilience, the way loss can scatter pieces of us without extinguishing our capacity to love, hope, and endure. The transparent glass allows light to pass through the work, reminding viewers that even in moments of fracture, beauty and strength can emerge from what remains.

"Not every broken heart stops beating. Some transform into something even more powerful."

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 9 x 9 x 1

Gari by Roswell McNutt

Sculpted, hot glass monster. Yellow with orange polkadots and horns with a green machine warp. Nicknamed Gari for his "garish" colors. Rosewell is also part of the Pittsburgh Glass Center community, having served as a Tech Apprentice, and now the Renter Relations + Fab Lab Coordinator at PGC.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 10x8x10

Copper Sphinx by Terry Henry

Electroformed moth specimen, lampworked and blown glass abdomen, dichroic glass accents and cubic zirconium eyes. This may be worn as a stick pin.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 3 x 0.75 x 4.5

After and Before by Courtney Tanner

"After and Before" is a series of candlestick holders created through the lost wax kiln casing process. Wax is cleaned and reclaimed from previous sculptures, melted, dripped, encased in plaster, and melted out once again before the negative space is filled with molten glass. The wax melted from the plaster mold is then reclaimed and used once again to create the next piece. The wax used to create these works lives in a perpetual cycle of being melted, shaped, and cleaned before it is casted and preserved in glass. Moments otherwise fleeting, now immortalized in a static state. When a new candlestick is placed in the holder and lit, new wax drips onto and interacts with the glass drips below.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 3 x 2.5 x 2.5

Doppler Shift by Drue Miller / Iris Fire Glass

Fused dichroic glass, leather, sterling silver

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 2 x 1.5 x 16" chain

Flame Worthy by Thick Slice Studios

Hollow Boro Candle w/ opal embeded in flame

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 0.25 x 2 x 0.25

Hanging Flower by Haley Lindberg

Flameworked blue and white flower set in a clear glass frame with colored accents. The frame is mounted in an offset shadowbox for easy display.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 18 x 4 x 18

"what is love" wand by Sherry Wang

An enchanting flameworked borosilicate glass wand

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 4 x 2 x 15

**3rd Place, Artwork Valued Under $1k**

90's Punk by Rose Glass Art - Angela McHale

Zenon/Krypton plasma vessel with liberty spikes

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 7x8x3

Poppy Bottle by John Geci + Justin Rothshank

Decal encased blown glass form by John Geci. Glass surface decal decoration and design by Justin Rothshank

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 7 x 18 x 4

Yellowfin Tuna by deb crowley

Flameworked Yellowfin tuna chasing school of fish with mangenita base

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 6 x 8 x 3

Sparkle Earrings by Sarah Cohen

A glittery galaxy! Put these sparkly earrings in your orbit. Sterling silver ear wires.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 0.5 x 0.5 x 0.5

Turning - Essence of Light Series by Margot Dermody

"Turning" is a solid hot-sculpted glass and marble sculpture inspired by movement, light, and presence. A flowing rich magenta glass form rises from a white marble base, revealing changing reflections and subtle shifts in form as the viewer moves around it. Elegant and balanced, the sculpture invites a quiet moment of reflection.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 10 inches x 7 inches x 7 inches

Practical Nesting Cloches by Lauren Allen; Center for PostNatural History

Two practical nesting cloches, handmade in Pittsburgh Glass Center's hot shop. These cloches feature the emblem of the Center for PostNatural History, where it is well-understood that anything can be made important and special by putting it under a hand-blown glass dome: double the domes = double the importance! Special thanks to superior assistants Sylvia Altman and Stuart Anderson.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 4.25 x 6 x 4.25

Pyrausta Purpuralis by Frankie Mulheran

Pyrausta Purpuralis is the latest work in my series of stained glass moth specimens.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 9 x 7 x 1

Single Flower - Welcome Spring by Headtriiip Glass

Flame worked borosilicate. Petals are all amber purplse, stem with three leaves are chinese emerald green.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 3 x 6 x

Clear Borosilicate Glass by Tim Drier

Scientific glass techniques to bar glassware. Tim Drier has been a glassblower for 25 years, and applies his scientific glassblowing expertise to artistic flameworking. He concentrates on creating decanters, goblets, and vases.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 5x9

Gilded Monarch Butterfly by Sarah Cohen

A monarch butterfly's wing on gold leaf highlights beautiful natural patterns, magnified by the glass lenses. Stainless steel chain.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 1.5 x 1 x 1

Invisible Art by Wade Kramm

Invisible Art #3

Invisible Art #3 transforms an ordinary picture frame into cast glass. By rendering this familiar object transparent, the work shifts attention from the frame to the surrounding wall, allowing the architecture of the gallery to become an active participant in the piece. The work continues my exploration of how subtle architectural interventions can recalibrate perception, drawing attention not only to the physical space but also to an awareness of the personal and cultural frameworks that shape our experience.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 14.75 x 1 x 12

P-51 Mustang by Travis Rohrbaugh

The artwork is assembled waterjet cut plate glass.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 5 x 10 x 9

Flight by Janet Hayes

A fused glass pendant with a sterling silver bail and sterling silver 18" chain. Luminous iridescent glass is enhanced with bold angled stringers and beveled edges. The nearly abstract geometric design suggests a bird in flight.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 1.25" x 1.5" x 18"

Malfatti Glass Beverage Set by Jill Reynolds & Dan Spitzer

Our Beverage Set features a Decanter and four Medium glasses, perfect for a family dinner or get-together on the patio. The Decanter can hold 34 ounces while each Medium glass holds about 10 ounces. Packed in a deluxe gift box.

Malfatti Glass was created by the Ten Willow Studio creative team of Daniel Spitzer, glassblower and former Dale Chihuly crew member, and Jill Reynolds, an award-winning visual artist known for her innovative use of flameworked glass. Every piece of Malfatti glassware is made by us in our studio in Beacon, NY, of flameworked borosilicate glass, and are dishwasher-safe and thermal shock-resistant.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 9 x 9 x 9

Stacked Diamond Hoop Drop Earrings in Green Tea Tint Glass by Broken Plates

Digitally designed, waterjet cut glass, coldworked, polished, fused and laminated together to form two 3-dimensional glass forms. Sterling Silver posts are embedded into one while the second is suspended from a sterling silver chain.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 5.5 x 3.5 x n/aa

Dog Boy by Alex Neal (Cosmik Jest)

This whimsical stained-glass hanging features an abstract figure composed by layered green, teal, and pale blue glass framed by dark gray solder lines. Playful facial details, a small heart, and geometric shapes add personality to the composition, while the varied textures and translucent glass create depth and visual interest. Glass, enamel, lead, solder. Al is also part of the Pittsburgh Glass Center community, as an Instructor and Kiln Studio Assistant.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 0.25 x 11.5 x 8.5

Double Ombre Platter by Nate Cotterman

Nate Cotterman's Double Ombre Platter explores the beauty of color in transition, blending two tones across a broad, flattened glass form. The platter's soft gradient creates a sense of depth and movement while showcasing the fluidity of handblown glass. Cotterman uses traditional Venetian glassblowing techniques to create contemporary forms that are both functional and sculptural.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 18 x 18 x 5

Blown Flameworked Vase (sandblasted) by Caitlin Dolhi

Borosilicate flameworked flowers, stems, and vines in green, white, and red

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 3 x 11 x 3

Large Green Vase with Green Baubles by Gayle Foreman // Forman Function

An avid fan of frozen treats, I gravitate toward things that melt, spill, and generally make a mess. A self-proclaimed absurdist, I found my practice on imagination and play, sifting through frivolous and foolish events of daily life seeking moments of "eureka." I search for moments of "wiggle", when materials move beyond their boundaries. Though these fascinations take shape in a myriad of media, my research is informed by the material possibilities that glass provides. If glass can be s t r e t c h y and gooey then splinter in the following instant, perhaps foam could shatter or cardboard could inflate.

First encountering glass during high school at the Pittsburgh Glass Center, I received my BFA in Glass from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2014. Since then, I've continued to hone my expertise through professional work as an artist, educator, administrator, and fabricator. In 2019, I was a Fulbright U.S. Study & Research grantee in Sao Paulo, Brazil, researching gambiarra, a practice of creative and makeshift material reuse. This experience impacted my thinking and how I can further explore the experiences of daily life and the inevitable materials we use to construct it. Glass is a ubiquitous material, understood on some level by everyone, and I see this understanding begin to change when someone sees glass in its molten state. That moment of transformation or surprise is something that I attempt to capture throughout my work. From interaction and activation emerge fantastic new functions for ordinary objects or materials.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 10x8x8

Untitled by Camp Copeland Studio

Kilnformed glass bowl with powder printed design in black glass powder

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 11.5 x 1.25 x 11.5

Maple Trinket Dish by Blue Hyacinth Mosaics, LLC.

Frit cast maple leaf fused into a blue background and slumped

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 6 x 1 x 6

to figure out how the brain functions by Alyssa Kail

Stained glass, nuno felted merino wool and hand painted silk organza

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 15.5 x 21.25 x 0.5

Objects of my Affection by Megan Shalonis

This piece is a functional stained glass ashtray, a glashtray if you will. All made of lead free solder including the iridescent glass cigarette that is movable and can be picked up for interaction. Definitely a conversation piece for entertaining or enjoyed by someone that appreciates vintage ashtrays.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 3 x 7 x 7

Elongated Deco Diamond Posts in Dark Lagoon by Broken Plates

Blown Glass that is waterjet cut into shape and polished. A sterling silver post is then inserted into the glass to form these blown glass posts.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 2.125 x 1.2 x n/a

Double/Single Salt Cellar Dish Set by Morgan Gilbreath

Salt cellar dish set - cast from recycled glass & faceted/coldworked. Set of two pieces: 1 single dish and 1 double dish in yellow, magenta color mix.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 2.5 x 1 x 5

Reliquary of the Fragile Wings by Prasch Glass

Lampworked glass + feathers. Birds rely on predictable seasonal patterns to breed, feed, and survive. As climate change disrupts these patterns, it threatens the survival of bird populations and the ecosystems they support.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 3 x 18 x 3

Magpie Skull by Leo Fine

Black, white, blue striped bird skull. Fine is also part of the Pittsburgh Glass Center community, having served as the Senior Tech Apprentice.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 17 x 6 x 4.5

Study #3 by Sandra Bacchi

Study #3 is one of the first works in an ongoing investigation into a new body of work. While complete as a sculptural piece, it marks the beginning of a larger exploration.

Study #3 investigate how invisible forces-such as time, tension, and perception-can leave a visible trace through form. The work gives physical presence to these intangible forces, allowing shape to become a record of what cannot be seen and inviting viewers to consider time not as something measured, but as something felt.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 4 x 13 x 13

A Thought of Ettore by Alyssa Oxley

Kilnformed square box with grommet and plinth, in mostly grays

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 9 x 2.5 x 9

switch axis cane vase by Jason Forck & Josh Messmer

Blown glass, cane

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 5.5x8x3

Deco Dagger Post in Indigo by Broken Plates

Blown glass, waterjet cut into shape and then polished. A sterling silver post is inserted into the finished earrings.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 2.5 x 1.5 x n/a

Tall Iridescent bottle by Brenden Roumaya

Blown glass, kugler silver orange

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 5 x 5 x 5

Aquatics #6 Class Colab by deb crowley

Students and Instructors of Aquatics #6: Game on! Summer Intensive class at PGC. Squadron of baby manta rays on manganita base

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 5 x 7 x 4

Garlic Klein by Lydia Leung

Flameworked borosilicate glass garlic sculpture within mathematical model known as Klein bottle.

Leung's work merges scientific technique with botanical sculpture, encouraging the viewer to conceptually explore their own relation to space, movement, kingdom plantae, and the cyclical nature of life as the eye follows the lines of the form, bridging specialisations within the discipline of flameworking.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 6 x 3 x 3

Full Circle 2, Circling Back by LaVerne Kemp

This fiber art work is one of my "Tree Series" sculptures. Many of my hanging artworks have multiple layers like a quilt I have been designing large and small scale trees since college in 1978. My love of nature goes back to my upbringing in Cecil Pennsylvania Many boring days were filled with walks in the country enjoying nature , picking flowers and running from cows! This design includes Quilting, Dying, Hand made felt, Wrapping, Embroidery and beadwork, some of which were made during time spent at Pittsburgh Glass Center. I enjoy embellishing my work with found objects, and hand made glass and ceramic beads. Although I am a weaver by trade I also enjoy quilting since you dont actually have to make the fabricsuch as in weaving.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 23 x 1 x 31

Untitled by Paul Wissmach Glass Company

This object is a kilnformed glass bowl made with Wissmach COE96 fusible glass. Two layers of glass are fused together to make the object. The bottom layer is a single circle of green glass and the top is comprised of pieces of glass that were cut to fit together to create the design.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 1.25 x 12 x 12

Rainbow Heart Necklace by Janna Young/ Beautiful Bird Studio

Rainbow colored, heart shaped, fused glass pendant on a satin necklace cord.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 1.75 in x 1.5 in x 24 in cord

**2nd Place, Artwork Valued Over $1k**

The Found Specimen by Lindsy Marshall

The Found Specimen is an installation that highlights the connection between glass and geological transitions. The Found Specimen aims to focus on the changes within minerals and materials that create slow differences within shape, form, and appearance due to elemental shifts to show how important time and pressures are. This sculpture is created with both blown and kiln formed techniques and uses mica and enamels. I blown certain shapes to then use heat and time to create a movement within the finished piece.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 36 x 20 x 12

Lily of the Valley by Lisa Demagall

Flameworked borosilicate, wooden base

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 4 x 11 x 8

Plasma Dog by Amy Lemaire and Percy Echols II

Capacitive lit plasma sculpture.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 5.5 x 5.5 x 10.5

Yellow Fort by Seth Clark

paper collage, charcoal, pastel, graphite, acrylic on wood, framed

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 17 x 21 x 1

Rose Petal by Sarah Cohen

A real pink rose petal resting between 2 glass lenses magnifies the natural veining in the petal for you to discover.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 1 x 1 x 1

Blue Links by Eliza Pratt

Flamedworked borosilicate and metalworked sterling silver

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 2" x 2.5" x 1"

Carrie Furnace Markings: Danger by Dan Buchanan

Powder printed, fused glass, wall mounted with French cleat

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): .125 x 18 x 18

Herb Vases by matt eskuche

Herb vases are flameworked borosilicate used to store extra herbs cut fresh from the garden.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 6 x 4 x 0

Dichroic Pendant by Janna Young/ Beautiful Bird Studio

Fused glass pendant made from a collage of dichroic glass. Bail and chain are silver plated.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 2 in x .75 in x 18 in chain

Penn Avenue (PA) by Josefina Munoz Torres

Handpainted and Kilnworked glass

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 7 x 20 x 0.25

5 dimensional grapes (earrings) by Sherry Wang

These earrings by Sherry Wang feature clusters of clear, rounded glass forms suspended from silver-toned hoops. Their playful, organic arrangement evokes a small bunch of grapes, while the transparent glass catches and reflects the light. Lighthearted and sculptural, these wearable works combine delicate craftsmanship with a whimsical, contemporary aesthetic.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 1x1x1

Goblets by Boyd Sugiki

Two goblets in transparent olive, purple, amber and turquoise. Handblown glass.