Complete Artist Bio and artwork images coming soon…

Janice Peacock started working glass in 1992 at the Fenton Glass Studio with Brian Kirkvliet and has been working in glass in California for 20 years.
www.janicepeacock.com 

Janice Peacock started flameworking in 1992.  She creates small sculptures and beads using Italian soda-lime glass that incorporate glass powders and metal foils, giving each piece an ancient look.

In 2011 Janice was selected as an Artist in Residence at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, WA.  During her project, called  “A Matter Scale,” she worked with glass blowers in the museum’s studio to experiment with scale – both large and small.  In 2012 the magazine “The Glass Bead,” published by the International Society of Glass Beadmakers (ISGB), featured an extensive article on the process in which “A Matter of Scale” was developed and executed.

Janice’s work has been displayed in several group exhibitions nationally and internationally. Additionally, her work as been featured in many books and magazines, including the recent Glass Line magazine edition which selected her as one of the top 40 international glass bead makers.

In 2010 the national magazine “Bead and Button” featured Ms. Peacock in an artist profile called “Facing the Muse.” This article recounts Janice’s journey after leaving the world of glass, only to return a better, more energized artist.

Janice travels nationally to teach intermediate and advanced glass bead making and flameworking. She has been a featured speaker at the California Glass Exchange, ISGB national conferences in 2002 and 2009, and for many other glass organizations, as well as several bead societies.

Janice has been a resident of San Francisco Bay area since 1987.  She grew up in Southern California and received two Bachelor of Arts degrees and one Master of Arts degree from U.C. Santa Barbara. She lives with her husband Jeff, her daughter Kiera, three cats and a few chickens.

“Antelope”
Janice Peacock
2011
Furnace Blown Glass, Glass Reduction Powders
24 “ x 13” x 7”

“Burmese Buddha”
Janice Peacock
2011
Flameworked soda lime glass, glass powders, enamels
2.5” x 1.5” x 1”

Started working in glass in 1997 at Palomar Community College in San Marcos, CA.

Kier Lugo is Senior Studio Manager and head of the Glass Blowing program at The Crucible where he also teaches in the foundry department. As the son of an art teacher, he grew up taking art classes and working in a multitude of different art media. Kier began blowing glass in 1997 at Palomar Community College in San Marcos California, and attended glass blowing workshop with Fritz Dreisbach in 1999 at Red Deer College in Alberta Canada.

After relocating to the Eastbay in 2003, he began volunteering at The Crucible while attending SFSU where he later graduated with a BFA in Sculpture in 2007. Over the Years Kier has worked for a number of production glass studios and glass artists in both southern and northern California, including the Penland School of Craft, session 5 summer 2012 as Studio Assistant for Jacob and Arlo Fishman.  At the moment Kier focuses much of his energy toward continuing to build up and improve The Crucible glass blowing program which he founded nearly two years ago. Once he finds some spare time, Kier plans on making art.

“Ocean Luster Bowl and Glasses”
Kier Lugo
July 2012
Blown Soda Lime Glass
cups: 5″ x 2.75″
bowl: 9″ x 8″

Started working in glass in 1994 at Horizons (now Snow Farm) in Williamsburg, MA, and in 1999 at the MIT Glass Lab in Cambridge, MA, and has been working in California for 5 years.
www.pink-noise.org

Helen Lee is an artist, designer, educator, and glassblower based in Berkeley, CA. She holds an MFA in Glass from RISD and a BSAD in Architecture from MIT. She has taught at RISD, CCA, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, and the MIT Glass Lab. She was recently an affiliate artist at Headlands Center for the Arts and currently works as a freelance graphic designer for Celery Design Collaborative and Chronicle Books.

“Prince Rupert Drawing #1”
Helen Lee
2011
Inked and exploded Prince Rupert’s drop (glass) on paper
22” x 30”

“Placeholder Shelf”
Helen Lee
2011
Blown and cut glass glued to sheet glass, light
96” x 6” x 4”

Started working in glass in 1992 at San Francisco State University in San Francisco, CA.
www.joecariati.com

Joe began blowing glass at San Francisco State University in 1992. Since then he has traveled, studied and taught extensively in the US and abroad. Joe has taught workshops and universities for over ten years including the Rhode Island School of Design, California College of Arts and Crafts and most recently at the California State University Fullerton in Orange County.

He has received numerous awards, residencies and scholarships including the Creative Glass Center of America’s residency, and the Modesto Lanzone Award from the Museo ItaloAmericano in San Francisco.

Joe currently owns and operates Joe Cariati Glass, a Los Angeles based company that produces blown glass sold in design boutiques worldwide.

“Black Venetian Set”
Joe Cariati
2012
Hand blown glass
Tallest 33’’

“Decanter Collection”
Joe Cariati
2012
Hand blown glass
Tallest 27’’