The 2013 Virginia Hot Glass Festival
Saturday, April
27,
9am to 6pm
& Sunday,
April 28, 10am to 5pm
Free Admission
At Sunspots Studios, 202 South Lewis St., Staunton, Virginia.
(540)
885-0678.
Photo courtesy S. Viers
Special activities during the
Festival:
Kid's Challenge -
Glass artists will make pieces based on drawings by children at the Festival.
Blow Your Own Ornament -
Several visitors will be
selected to help blow an ornament.
Fire-Breathing Dragon -
Josh Ries from Art of Fire will
make a fire-breathing dragon (see video below).
Wine Tasting -
Barren Ridge Vineyards will do
tastings & sell wine by the glass.
Stone Carving -
VA Stone Carvers Guild will be
demonstrating across the street.
More Photos can be viewed at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/Sunspotsstudios/VirginiaHotGlassFestival2009#
http://picasaweb.google.com/Sunspotsstudios/VirginiaHotGlassFestival2006
VIRGINIA HOT GLASS FESTIVAL FACTS:
►Virginia’s only
annual art show devoted to hot glass artistry.
►Hot glass artists
from across the region exhibiting & selling in
one location.
►Live demonstrations of Glass Blowing, Flame Working, & Bead Making.
►Virginia Stone Carver's Guild
exhibit & demos set up adjacent to Glass Fest
►Located in Historic Downtown Staunton with many other attractions
For information about
all there is to see and do in Historic Staunton,
check out the Visit
Staunton webpage (www.visitstaunton.com)
or call our Tourist
Information Center at (540) 332-3971
►5
minutes from I-81 (Exit 222) & I-64 in historic downtown Staunton,
►Held indoors.
►Handicapped Accessible.
"Pagoda Lamp" by Charles Hall
"Orange Flower" by Debby
Weaver "Coastline Vase" by Dan Scogna
Virginia Hot Glass Festival Artists’ names:
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Glass Blowers -
Art of Fire
artists (Josh Ries, Todd Hansen, Dave Zimmerman, Bruce Ferguson),
Nate Avery,
Bendable Glass (Benjamin Mathes), Seth Hendrick, Neil Duman,
Charles Hall/Frozen
Motion Glass,
Linwood Hoffman/Dark
Water Jewelry,
Dan Scogna,
Minh
Martin/Romeo Glass,
Oldway Art
Center/Glassworks
Gallery artists (Eric Kvarnes, Nik Rustic, Michelle
Almond),
Phillip Nolley, Doug Sheridan,
and more.
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Bead & Jewelry Artists/Flame-Worked
Glass
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Elizabeth England Crockett/Dragonflame Beadworks, Brian Hagen/Glass Curtain,
Lisa Mosser,
Amy Jean Nichols/Rigadoon
Glass,
Pam Pittinger, James Spaloss,
and
Debby Weaver.
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Types of Glass Making to be demonstrated: Bead
Making/Flame Working, Traditional Glass Blowing.
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Tie Dye Necklace
by Lisa Mosser
Generous
Support Provided by:
Gallery
G Glass/Hot Block Tools
Shenandoah Pizza-Staunton
Jim Moore
Tools
VA Hot Glass Fest
Photo Gallery (Click on
thumbnail for larger view.)
Virginia Stone Carver's Guild Demonstrations
will also be going on during
the Festival!
Photos courtesy VA Stone Carver's Guild
