Admired Artists
by Paul Stakard
PAUL STANKARD
Having admired Paul’s work and his unique details, could not have a list of admired artists without his name on it. I was privileged to take a class of his for a week at Corning Studios. The picture on my main page of “admired artists” is one of Paul’s works that my wife Robyn and I commissioned for our collection.
by Mark Mathews
MARK MATHEWS
Mark in my view, is an amazing designer, craftsman, glass artist and engineer. The class I had the joy of attending in marble making at Corning with Mark teaching was a life changing event for me. Thanks Mark for sharing your talent.
RO PURSER
Ro knew a friend of mine who got me into marble making, Ms. Dolton. I contacted Roe pleading to purchase a windows marble from him and he was very gracious. He did check me out on the web and understood that I was a glass artist and had one of these marvelous spheres that he parted with. My wife and I love it and its our second marble from Roe. Our first came from my 52th birthday as a gift from my wife. She got a ” NOBLE EFFORT” and gifted it to me. Amazing work that no one else on the planet can touch. Thanks Roe. Who sold it to us? None other than the famous Bert Cohen.
BERT COHEN
I had the pleasure of meeting Bert over a dinner in Portland Oregon. You just cant talk about admired glass folks without including Bert. Marble Bert is a prolific marble seller, collector and aficionado. They only made one Bert. He shared his wife’s recipe for pot roast with us which we will always treasure
DAVID SALAZAR
I don’t know David well but do know his work well. an amazing talent in the glass sphere world. David attended the same dinner party in Portland Oregon I referred to above under Bert Cohen. An Incredibly creative artist
http://salazarglass.com/product-category/marbles/
FRITZ DREISBACH
I had the pleasure of attending a workshop by Fritz at the Firehouse Glass studio, in Vancouver Washington some 15 years ago.
Fritz Dreisbach was a founding member of the Glass Art Society. In 2002, he was the recipient of the Society’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and is an unofficial historian of the American Studio Glass. He received the 1993 Rakow Commission, celebrating the first 30 years of studio glass and his own glass career. He has traveled the country lecturing, demonstrating glassblowing, and organizing workshops. Since 1966, he has taught in most major glass programs in North America, Asia and Europe. Dreisbach has inspired so many artists to work with glass that he has rightly been dubbed the “Johnny Appleseed” of the American Studio Glass movement.
http://www.fritzdreisbach.com/
TONY PARKER
Tony is a neighbor and local marble maker in the Portland Oregon area. Tony is one of the early glass people in the movement. Fulbright Scholar and a very bright and innovative artist. Tony was kind enough to teach a glass class at the Multnomah Arts Center which I attended, must be in the late 1990’s and it assisted my thirst for more glass in my life.
http://www.parkerglass.com/
JAMES ALLOWAY
I had the pleasure of meeting James a couple times at the Dolton’s parties in Portland Oregon. James work speaks for itself and it appears to me one of the local glass artists who has found his way to success. How great must it be to do what you love doing every day and actually getting paid for it. His work is regularly seen on Ebay and he has his store on Ebay. I’m sure he works other venues as well. The evidence of his success is the multiple bids to the high hundreds of dollars for each of his marbles. His eye for color and design along with the perfection of the work is evident simply by viewing his work for sale. A very collectable glass artist. Way to go James. Love your work.
A quote from a seller of his work.
“James Alloway combines superb craftsmanship and vivid imagination with an artistry not describable in words, his work speaks volumes. To fully understand this statement one must see his creations first hand.
This Master glass artist is sought out by collectors as well as other craftsmen worldwide. Being primarily self taught, his methods and techniques are inventive to say the least. Each piece is a unique creation that has made a magical journey from a mass of molten glass to a visual treasure”
James Alloway
119 SE 94th Avenue
Portland 97216 OR US
Phone: 503-253-2863
allowayartglass@aol.com
http://www.jamesallowayartglass.com