2020 MEMBER EXHIBITION CATALOG
“The GAS Member Exhibition is a representation of the range of innovation and vision that emerges from our community. Showcasing a diversity of expression, technical innovation, and varied research it is an opportunity for us to expand our engagement and awareness of the creative people in our field. Congratulations to our Members that participated in the 2020 Member Exhibition!� - Jessica Jane Julius, GAS Board Member & Education Committee Chair
Published in May 2020 as a part of the GAS 2020 Virtual Conference. Dan Mirer, Mirror glassMF, 2018. Float glass, 3D printed hardware. 6-minute loop. (Photo: Dan Mirer)
2020 MEMBER EXHIBITION CATALOG JURORS 4 AWARD WINNERS 6 HONORABLE MENTIONS 12 PARTICIPATING ARTISTS 16 HOW TO PURCHASE 56
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JURORS For our 2020 GAS Member Exhibition, we would like to thank jurors Gunnel Holmér, Cappy Thompson, and Sieko Yoneda for their time and expertise. They reviewed 50+ GAS Member applications from more than 10 different countries to select awards. They were impressed by the level and range of work that was submitted and congratulate all members who participated.
Gunnel Holmér has been employed by Kulturparken Småland/ The Swedish Glass Museum in Växjö, Sweden, since 1978 and is the Senior curator with a concentration on Swedish glass history. Holmér’s specialization is in the study and documentation of Swedish glass making during the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty first centuries. Holmér also has international work with exhibition projects related to Swedish glass (mainly in Europe but also in the U.S., Japan and China). Holmér has a Ph D degree in history with a doctoral thesis about immigrant workers in the Swedish glass industry. Holmér is a contributor to a variety of books, periodicals and exhibition catalogues as The Brilliance of Swedish Glass 1918-1939 (1996) and Light, Fire, Life – Swedish Glass in China (2014). Currently, Gunnel Holmér is working on a catalogue about Swedish studio glass and is an author of various works including a book about the artist Erik Höglund (1986, 1992, 2000) and a book about Kosta glassworks (2009). She has given many lectures as well as glass courses at the university and has presented papers about glass both in Sweden and abroad.
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Cappy Thompson is an internationally recognized Seattle artist known for her mytho-poetic narratives painted on glass with vitreous enamels. An innovator in her field, Cappy has taught and lectured extensively. Her pieces are included in museums, corporate, and private collections world-wide. Her publicly commissioned works include large-scale installations at SeaTac Airport, the Tacoma Museum of Glass, the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, and The Evergreen State College. She has been honored with fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and Seattle’s Artist Trust and has received Pilchuck Glass School’s Libensky Award for her contributions to glass art. Cappy has served on the boards of the Glass Art Society, the Bellevue Arts Museum and Pottery Northwest.
Sieko Yoneda has been the curator of Notojima Glass Art Museum (Ishikawa, Japan) since 2016 and was the former curator of 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (Ishikawa, Japan). Born in 1972. She graduated from Department of Aesthetics and Theory, Faculty of Letters, Doshisha University and received a Master’s Degree of Policy and Management at Doshisha University Graduate School. After working as a museum intern for Franklin Furnace Archive Inc. (New York, U.S.A.), Sieko Yoneda started working for 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art Kanazawa in 2010. Sieko Yoneda’s main research theme is crafts (Kogei) and craftical formation as artistic expression crossing genres and reflecting the contemporary, and the relation between center and periphery in art, craft and design. From a viewpoint of glass art, Sieko Yoneda is researching the way of bridging craft and contemporary art.
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AWARD WINNERS 1ST PLACE
Dan Mirer, Mirror glassMF, 2018 | Float glass, 3D printed hardware | 6-minute loop | (Photo: Dan Mirer)
Dan Mirer (USA) In my microfluidic systems, I offer the viewer a perspective into the world of bubbles at the edge of our human scale. Watching the laws of physics at work can be simultaneously beautiful and metaphorical *Available for sale ($600)
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Dan Mirer, Mirror glassMF, 2018 | Float glass, 3D printed hardware | 6-minute loop | (Photo: Dan Mirer) Click Image to View Video
ARTIST STATEMENT In my microfluidic systems, I offer the viewer a perspective into the world of bubbles at the edge of our human scale. Watching the laws of physics at work can be simultaneously beautiful and metaphorical. Patterns spontaneously emerge through selforganization, exemplifying how these forces shape the natural world on all scales, from an atom to a solar system.
“I offer the viewer a perspective into the world of bubbles at the edge of our human scale.� - Dan Mirer
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2ND PLACE
Fahan Sky McDonagh, Divine Shield II, 2019 | Lava, Borosilicate Glass | 6.5” x 5.5” x 5” | (Photo: Megan Beckler)
Fahan Sky McDonagh (USA) Flameworking; drawing with glass *Available for sale ($1,100)
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Fahan Sky McDonagh, Divine Shield II, 2019 | Detail. Lava, Borosilicate Glass | 6.5” x 5.5” x 5” | (Photo: Megan Beckler)
ARTIST STATEMENT Divine Shield is a series of sculptures made with found lava rock and borosilicate glass. The lava is sourced sustainably from old lava fields in Oregon. Using a hand torch and fine borosilicate rods, I draw a glass encasement around the stone. Each piece in the series grows in a different pattern. Originally, my concern for the environment lead to this investigation. What was merely an idea about protection has evolved into an energetic field emanating from the lava itself. I believe there is a connection between all things and this energy lies in the unseen.
“I believe there is a connection between all things and this energy lies in the unseen.” - Fahan Sky McDonagh
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3RD PLACE
Piret Ellamaa, Frequency, 2019 | Glass frit | 30cm x 30cm x 40cm | (Photo: Tiina Sarapu)
Piret Ellamaa (Estonia) Pâte de verre *Available for sale ($2,600)
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Piret Ellamaa, Frequency, 2019 | Detail | Glass frit | 30cm x 30cm x 40cm | (Photo: Tiina Sarapu)
ARTIST STATEMENT Numerous frequencies and waves, such as sound waves or WIFI are invisible to the eye. With the help of glass, I have made the frequencies visible while sprinkling and mixing sand and fine glass frit in the mold. The natural flow of sand shapes the layer of glass. Symbiosis will be formed between two quite similar materials. The symbiosis will be broken when experiencing a major environmental change such as 820 degrees of heat. Glass has been melted into a compact mass, sand however remains still sand - it will fall out between the layers of glass and leaves absence behind.
“With the help of glass, I have made the frequencies visible while sprinkling and mixing sand and fine glass frit in the mold. � - Piret Ellamaa
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HONORABLE MENTIONS
Karen Lise Krabbe, Seed, 2018 | Glass, olivine | 14cm x 17cm x 23cm | (Photo: Ole Hein Petersen)
Karen Lise Krabbe (Denmark) Materials used are glass and olivine (2:1), and I developed this 3d-printing by handtechnique back in 2012. The object is built up layer by layer in a sand box: a timeconsuming process. The box goes in the kiln and is burned at 790C *Available for sale ($1,450)
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Jessamy Kelly, Thawed Landscape, 2017 | Bullseye Glass clear and inner white core | 4.5” x 1.75” x 18” | (Photo: Shannon Tofts)
Jessamy Kelly (Scotland) Kiln cast and diamond cut *Available for sale ($1,390)
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Victoria Ahmadizadeh, the most unkind morsels of the self removed, 2018 | Artists’ denim jacket, blown glass shards, mixed media | 2’ x 2’ x 2.5’ | (Photo: Victoria Ahmadizadeh)
Victoria Ahmadizadeh (USA) Glassblowing, mixed media *Available for sale ($1,250.00)
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PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
Gregory Alliss, Tread Lightly, 2019 | Mixture of clear casting glass and recycled glass from old style televisions | 11” x 11” x 2” | (Photo:Marzena Ostromecka)
Gregory Alliss (UK) Kiln cast glass based on plaster cast man made textures *Available for sale ($3,100)
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Cristine Baena, Tribe, 2019 | Glass, copper wire | 35cm x 20cm x 5cm | (Photo: Cristine Baena)
Cristine Baena (from Brazil, based USA) Fusion *Available for sale ($700)
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George Bell, Self Generating Form in Brown, 2020 | Glass, copper | 18” x 4” x 4” | (Photo: Kasper Agergaard Kristensen)
George Bell (Denmark) Blown glass, hot sculpture, cold work *Available for sale ($3,500)
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Sunniva Bernhardsson, Lace foliage, 2019 | Glass s96 frittes | Dia 26cm x H 3cm | (Photo: Sunniva Bernhardsson)
Sunniva Bernhardsson (Sweden) Pate de Verre, fusing *Available for sale ($300)
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Stine Bidstrup (‘raw material’ of glass bangles produced in collaboration with a glass bangle factory in Firozabad in India), Bifurcations, 2017 | Glass | Orange piece: 49cm x 15cm x 14cm | Brown piece: 52cm x 14cm x 1cm | (Photo: Stine Bidstrup)
Stine Bidstrup (Denmark) Fused, manipulated glass rings *Available for sale ($8,000 [$4,000 per object])
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Mia Branzell, Shield, 2017 | Floatglass | 3cm x 42cm x 90cm | (Photo: Tord Berner)
Mia Branzell (Sweden) Fused, slumped float glass *Available for sale ($792)
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Anna Eggert, Haiku to the forest, 2018 | Glass, wood. Total 98cm x 75cm x 5-6cm, one cone is around 10cm high | (Photo: Anna Eggert)
Anna Eggert (Sweden) Kiln-casted glass *Available for sale ($1,200)
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Hannah Facey, Wonderland?, 2018 | Gaffer casting crystal | Peach-knotted: 19 x 9.4 x 8, Bronze-unknotted: 18.3 x 10.9 x 8.4, Yellow-knotted, collapsed: 11 x 15.5 x 8.4 | (Photo: Beytan Erkmen)
Hannah Facey (UK) Lost wax cast, engraved *Available for sale ($4,875)
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simone fezer, flowering (heart II), 2019 | Free blown and sculpted glass, flameworked glass, textile | 90cm x 30cm x 40cm | (Photo: simone fezer)
simone fezer (Germany) Glass-blowing and sculpting at the furnace and at the torch, sewing *Available for sale ($8,600)
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Julian Finne (Markus André Eriksen (assisting blowing) Sebastian Jonson Ögren (assisting blowing), FLOW, 2019 | Glass | 100cm x 100cm x 15cm | (Photo: June Åsheim)
Julian Finne (Norway) Blowing, grinding *Available for sale ($5,400)
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James Friedberg, Spiral Vortex, 2020 | Glass | 13” x 4” x 12” | (Photo: James Friedberg)
James Friedberg (USA) Blown hot glass, cane work, reverse axis, coldworking *Available for sale ($1,200)
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Marta Ģibiete, The Berry from North, 2018 | Glass, copper wire | 11” x 11” x 14” | (Photo: Inese Kalniņa)
Marta Ģibiete (Latvia) Fused, bent glass *Available for sale ($1,500)
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Hannah Gibson, Recycling Narratives. Whispering Sweet Nothings, 2019 | 100% Recycled Milk Bottle Glass, with upcycled Watch Parts | 9cm x 20cm x 20cm | (Photo: Simon Bruntnell)
Hannah Gibson (UK) Cast Glass using 100% recycled materials *Available for sale ($780)
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Cedric Ginart / Karina Guevin, Wonderland, 2020 | Borosilicate glass | 24” x 8” x 8” | (Photo: Karina Guevin)
Cedric Ginart / Karina Guevin (Canada) Flamework *Available for sale ($4,200)
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Tuva Gonsholt, Pinocchio, 2019 | Glass | 18cm x 10cm x 6cm | (Photo: Tom Riis)
Tuva Gonsholt (Norway) Free - blown, grounded, masked, sandblasted and polished glass *Available for sale ($335)
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Alli Hoag, Trace Decay 2, 2020 | Cast crystal, antique mirror | 14” x 14” x4” | (Photo: Alli Hoag)
Alli Hoag (USA) Lost wax glass casting *Available for sale ($4,800)
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Ina Kristine Hove (Assistant Glassblowers: Ida Siebke, Video: Sebastian Jonson Ă˜gren). Edditing: Stein Arne Hove), Aspiration, 2019 | Blown glass, video 5 minutes long, 6 objects of different size, the biggest is 16 X 24 X 18 cm. | Video screen is 55.3cm x 34.3cm | (Photo: Observatoriet) Click Image to View Video
Ina Kristine Hove (Norway) Two glassbobles attached and blown from each side, filmed. *Available for sale (Video $1,100.00. Glass objects per piece $215. Installation $2,390)
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Kjersti Johannessen (Blown together with Mikael Jacobsson and Bjørn Friborg at The Glass Factory in Sweden, cut by Simon Holm), Sunset, 2019 | Glass | 21cm x 23cm x 35cm | (Photo: Kjell Brustad)
Kjersti Johannessen (Norway) Blown glass, cut and high polished *Available for sale ($3,300)
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Susanne Jøker Johnsen (assisted by: Ajeto, Czech Republic), Pollen, 2016 | Hot glass | 40cm x 40cm x 40cm | (Photo: Paul Hoff)
Susanne Jøker Johnsen (Denmark) Blown glass, pattern carved by sandblasting *Available for sale ($3,100)
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Antonina Joszczuk- Brzozowska, Infection, 2019 | Glass | 14cmx 40cm x 40cm | (Photo: Antonina Joszczuk)
Antonina Joszczuk- Brzozowska (Poland) Lost wax technique, melted glass *Available for sale ($2,022)
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Micha Karlslund, SKRV SNART / WRTE SOON, 2019 | Glass | H: 35cm D: 24.5cm | (Photo: Micha Karlslund)
Micha Karlslund (Denmark) Enamel, silk screen decals, sandblasted details *Available for sale ($7,500)
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Angela Keating (Emily Nash assisted in the hot shop to apply color, roll up cane, and blow out the forms), Muscle Memory, 2019 | Blown glass | 22-27” x 4” x 6” (each) | (Photo: Angela Keating)
Angela Keating (Canada) Blown hot glass with cane roll-up, powder, and/or color overlay *Available for sale ($3,000)
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Mikael Kenlind, Vitreo Captum – Time, 2018 | Crystal/gold/enamel | 20cm x 12.5cm x 12.5cm. (Photo: Mikael Kenlind)
Mikael Kenlind (Sweden) Graal/enamel fusion *Available for sale ($2,600)
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Morten Klitgaard (Assisted by Anders Vange, Andreas Poulsen), Oro, 2019 | Glass, Glassfibre, pigment, metal oxide | 34cm x 30cm x 30cm | (Photo: Dorte Krogh)
Morten Klitgaard (Denmark) Blown glass, hot sculptured *Available for sale ($5,100)
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Kari Mølstad (Bjørn Friborg and Mikael Jacobsson at The Glass Factory, Sweden assisted blowing the piece.), Crystal l, 2019 | Glass | 24cm x 33cm x 33cm | (Photo: Jørn Hagen)
Kari Mølstad (Norway) Blowing, cold working with diamond wheel, engraving, sandblasting, brush polishing *Available for sale ($3,200)
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Jonas Noël Niedermann (made during six-month artist in residence at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. William G. Bell and Annelie Grimwalde Olofson assisted in the blowing, sculpting and assembly.), Bleu, rose et opaline, 2020 | Glass, brass | 34cm x 15cm x 9cm | (Photo: Cæciliie Philipa Vibe Pedersen)
Jonas Noël Niedermann (Switzerland) Glassblowing, cold-working, sculpting, kiln forming *Available for sale ($6,000)
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Sharyn O’Mara, Chandelier for the one I carried close, 2018 | Digital print of photograph of dog nose prints on glass window | 21”h x 21”w x 2”d framed | (Photo: Sharyn O’Mara)
Sharyn O’Mara (USA) Photoshop adjusted digital photographs on windows. The resulting symmetrical image is printed, mounted, and framed. Note: Editioned. This print is 2/10 *Available for sale ($3,600)
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Kanami Ogata, Chairs are falling into the bottle, 2019 | Glass, copper | 8.6” x 3.1” x 2.95” | (Photo: Kanami Ogata)
Kanami Ogata (Japan) Blowing glass *Available for sale ($180)
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Cathryn Shilling (Louis Thompson as glassblower), Cloaked - The Heroes, 2019 | Glass | 26.7” x 16” x 6” | (Photo: Ester Segarra)
Cathryn Shilling (UK) Free blown glass with kiln formed glass cane fabric applied hot *Available for sale ($4,300 each)
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Ida-Christel Siebke, “Conditions of Breathing” no.1 of 8, 2019 | Glass | 5.9” X 3.9” x 4.9” | (Photo: Ida-Christel Siebke)
Ida-Christel Siebke (Norway) Blown, sculpted and cut glass *Available for sale ($1,500)
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Jeremy Sinkus, A Gem of Fine Art, 2020 | Soda lime glass, wood frame | 14” x 18” x 3” | (Photo: J. Sinkus)
Jeremy Sinkus (USA) Carved, sculpted, electric kiln cast, cold worked, gilded framing *Available for sale ($4,000)
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Silja Skoglund (Assistant: Jiri Pancinek Sr, Anniina Tenno), Black Venus, 2017 | Glass | 27cm x 25cm x 10cm | (Photo: June Ă…sheim)
Silja Skoglund (Norway) Hot sculpted *Available for sale ($2,770)
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Aoife May Soden, Anchors Aweigh, 2019 | Glass, jute rope, copper wire, sand | 38cm x 17cm | (Photo: Aoife May Soden)
Aoife May Soden (Denmark) Blown glass, sculpted glass, assemblage *Available for sale ($920)
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Rob Stern, Windstar, 2020 | Glass, wood | 36” x 24” x 12” | (Photo: Rob Stern)
Rob Stern (USA) Mold blown glass and sculpted wood *Available for sale ($6,000)
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Kirsten Vikingstad Storesund (Ivan Pokorny assisted with building plastermolds, Simon Kashmir Holm assisted with final cold working), Senses, 2019 | White opalin glass | 200cm x 200cm x 250cm | (Photo: Peter Hermansson)
Kirsten Vikingstad Storesund (Norway) Casting *Not For Sale
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Jean THEBAULT (Lou-Alexandrine Le Jolivet Glassblowing assistant), Geological Poetry, 2019 | Glass, glass sediments | 17cm x 30cm x 30cm | (Photo: Jean THEBAULT)
Jean THEBAULT (Denmark) Blown glass, fused glass sediments, battuto, sandblasted, brush polished *Not For Sale
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Disha Trivedi (Assisted by Glassblower Elliot Walker), The Vessel, 2019 | Glass. 10” x 8” x 6” | (Photo: Ethan Sally)
Disha Trivedi (From India, Based in UK) Blown glass *Available for sale ($1,559)
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Sarah Vaughn & David King, A Testament to a Good Light, 2018 | Handmade sheet glass and Bic Lighter engraved with traditional glass working techniques | 2.75” x .75” x 1.25” | (Photo: Sarah Vaughn & David King)
Sarah Vaughn & David King (USA) Blown, slumped, and assembled glass, batutto *Available for sale ($1,200)
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Kwun Lan Wong, Before You Are Ready, 2020 | Glass, wood | 16.5” x 8.2” x 13.7” | (Photo: Kwun Lan Wong)
Kwun Lan Wong (Hong Kong) Hot-sculpted, slumped and assembled *Not For Sale
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Zoltan Viczan, Contour bottles, 2019 | Glass (Coca cola bottles) | 18cm x 6cm x 6cm (size of one bottle) | (Photo: Zoltan Viczan)
Zoltan Viczan (Hungary) Engraving *Available for sale ($750)
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HOW TO PURCHASE Enjoy any of the peices in this exhibition catalog? Many of the artworks featured are available for purchase. Follow the instructions below to bring a piece of this exhibition into your own home. Artwork that is availble for sale is marked at the bottom of each page with the listed price. Please note, the listed price DOES NOT INCLUDE SHIPPING. STEP 1: EMAIL Send an email to Kristen W. Ferguson at kristenf@glassart.org and include the artist’s name and title of work in the subject line. Please mention your location (country and zip code).
STEP 2: COORDINATE SHIPPING GAS works with DHL through Optimal Ship to bring you the best shipping and handling costs. The listed price is for the work of art only, and does not include shipping. A shipping estimate will be provided for you following your email communication with GAS. Shipping estimates are based on weight and dimensions provided by the artist. If needed, contact information will be shared between the two parties but ONLY in the instance of breakage or shipping needs. Shipping costs will include residential delivery and basic insurance.
STEP 3: PAYMENT GAS accepts the following payment methods: Credit cards (Visa or MasterCard); Personal checks; or PayPal.