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Deana Blanchard & Chuck Young/stained glass

Deana has been a professional glass artist since 1978 and Chuck since 1984, the year that they married. After many happy years working in Boulder, Colorado, they moved their studio to the mountains of North Carolina in 1994. Under the name of Selena Glass, they design and fabricate stained glass, and glass and steel furniture. Their wish is to create pieces which will tickle the eye and convey the happiness they feel about the world. They hope that their work reflects the lightness, playfulness, and exuberance of life. Chuck and Deana have fun making up titles for their pieces. The title of the piece shown here is "Sherry Baby".		 Glass
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Josh Simpson/glass

While Josh is committed to the vessel form, as expressed in his blown glass vases, bowls and platters, he is continuously pushing that form into new directions. He has become particularly well-known for his planets. When you hold one in your hand, it is easy to imagine yourself orbiting the spectacular landscapes that he has created in the glass. The Boston Globe, in a recent article, referred to Josh and his wife as "A Cosmic Couple". He is married to astronaut Cady Coleman. Josh's glasswork is featured in The White House Collection of American Craft, Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, in Boston's Museum of Fine Arts and in other museums, worldwide.
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Robert Held/impressionist vase

Not long after graduating from the University of Southern California with a Masters Degree in Fine Arts, Robert became captivated with the art of glass blowing. Pursuing this interest, and subsequently teaching hot glass techniques, he became a leader of the Art Glass Movement. His work has been widely exhibited in the United States, Canada, and Europe. His glass sculptures are found in major collections such as the Roland Mitchener, and the Indusman collections. His glass goblets were chosen for the "Perfect Setting" competition which now graces the Governor General's table.		 Glass
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Jonathan Winfisky/blown glass vases

Jonathan Winfisky has been designing and producing unique and original blown and cast sculptural glass vessel forms since he graduated from the University of Massachusetts with a degree in glass sculpture in 1975. His elegant pieces are known and appreciated for their jewel-like colors, sensuous forms, and simplicity of line. His work is known nationwide and has been featured in The Corning Museum of Glass, The Corning New Glass Review, The Wheaton Museum of Glass as well as in numerous prestigious public and private collections.
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