I had the privilege of being part of the glassblowing department at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 2003-2006 taking I.A.P. (independent activities period) classes and helping as a practice monitor for new glassblowing students. It was such a pleasure to be around such an inspiring and diverse group of students, instructors and faculty that truly strive to make the world a better place. I loved watching Peter Houk, Whitney Cornforth and Brendon Edwards create masterpieces before my eyes. I especially miss Whitney’s classes. Whitney has the unique ability to teach and oversee multiple projects and instantly give advice during the quickly changing glassblowing process. Glassblowing is all about teamwork and it’s a beautiful thing when things come together planned or unplanned to create an object. Below are some glass vessels from classes at M.I.T. , Artsquest Glass Studio in P.A. , Simple Syrup in Brockton, M.A. and The Corning Museum of Glass in Corning New York.

Torching bottom of vase. Thankyou Whitney for the zig zag cane rollup.

Cotton candy bowl. M.I.T. glasslab
Orange and red twisted cane bowl. M.I.T. glasslab
Blue and green Murrine bowl. M.I.T. glasslab
Bottomless shot glass. Simple Syrup Glass Studio, Brockton, M.A.
Night sky glass pendant light. Artsquest Glass Studio, P.A.
Red and white glass pendant light. Artsquest Glass Studio, P.A.
Glass cane pumpkin. M.I.T. glasslab. Nearly 100% of the M.I.T. glasslab funding is thru the sale of hundreds of glass pumpkins at the annual "Great Glass Pumpkin Patch" sale. Students, instructors and professional glass artist work all year creating pumpkins in teams.
One of many gorgeous clusters of glass pumkins made by glassblowers at M.I.T.
The line begins early in the a.m. No pumpkin hoarding
Rainbow drops vase 14" . Corning Museum of Glass - Davide Salvadore Murrine classes 2009
Colors of the Macaw vase 17". Artsquest Glass Studio P.A. 2009

My daughter gathering clear glass at the furnace on the pipe for her first glass ornament.
Instructor teaching her to shape the clear glass with a wet wooden block.
Rolling the egg shaped clear glass in red frit (crushed red glass for color)
Blocking (forming glass with a wet cherry mold) Then glass is shaped with a neck to be blown into a sphere.
Sphere is knocked off pipe the instructor makes a clear glass loop. The last step is placing ornament in a oven overnight to cool slowly.

Cotton candy bowl. M.I.T. glasslab

Orange and red twisted cane bowl. M.I.T. glasslab

Blue and green Murrine bowl. M.I.T. glasslab

Bottomless shot glass. Simple Syrup Glass Studio, Brockton, M.A.

Night sky glass pendant light. Artsquest Glass Studio, P.A.

Red and white glass pendant light. Artsquest Glass Studio, P.A.

Glass cane pumpkin. M.I.T. glasslab. Nearly 100% of the M.I.T. glasslab funding is thru the sale of hundreds of glass pumpkins at the annual "Great Glass Pumpkin Patch" sale. Students, instructors and professional glass artist work all year creating pumpkins in teams.

One of many gorgeous clusters of glass pumkins made by glassblowers at M.I.T.

The line begins early in the a.m. No pumpkin hoarding

Rainbow drops vase 14" . Corning Museum of Glass - Davide Salvadore Murrine classes 2009

Colors of the Macaw vase 17". Artsquest Glass Studio P.A. 2009

My daughter gathering clear glass at the furnace on the pipe for her first glass ornament.

Instructor teaching her to shape the clear glass with a wet wooden block.

Rolling the egg shaped clear glass in red frit (crushed red glass for color)

Blocking (forming glass with a wet cherry mold) Then glass is shaped with a neck to be blown into a sphere.

Sphere is knocked off pipe the instructor makes a clear glass loop. The last step is placing ornament in a oven overnight to cool slowly.

Lighting (click for more projects)

Metalworking (click for more projects)