The 2012 Virginia Hot Glass Festival

Saturday, April 28, 9am to 6pm

& Sunday, April 29, 10am to 5pm

Free Admission

             At Sunspots Studios, 202 South Lewis St., Staunton, Virginia. 

(540) 885-0678.

 

                                Photos courtesy S. Viers & K.G. Hoffman

 

 

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.

                                                                             

 

        (Click on Photos for larger image.)

           

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• "Daleutian" by Victor Chiarizia (below)

• Virginia Hot Glass Festival Artists’ names:

  • Glass Blowers -   Art of Fire artists (Josh Ries, Todd Hansen, Keith Daly, Bruce Ferguson), Victor Chiarizia,  Kim Clanton, Neil Duman, Tom Fuhrman, Charles Hall, Minh Martin, Dan Scogna, Josh Soloman, and Doug Sweet.

  • Bead & Jewelry Artists/Flame-Worked Glass -

  • Cleo Dunsmore/Grama Tortoise Beads,  Michael Higgins & New Dynasty Glass, Brian Hagen/Glass Curtain, Lisa Mosser, Amy Jean Nichols/Rigadoon Glass, James Spaloss,  Chad Trent/Cosmo Glassworks, and Debby Weaver.

• Types of Glass Making to be demonstrated:  Bead Making/Flame Working, Traditional Glass Blowing, Milliefiori/Cane Pulling..

         

Generous Support Provided by:

Gallery G Glass/Hot Block Tools

Baja Bean-Staunton

Jim Moore Tools

 

VA Hot Glass Fest Photo Gallery (Click on thumbnail for larger view.)

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• Photo credits: D. Grogan & Sunspots

 

Virginia Stone Carver's Guild Demonstrations

will also be going on during the Festival!

Photos courtesy VA Stone Carver's Guild