Award Winners
Gold Award Winner: Helen Lee, United States "KowTow", 2015. Kilnformed glass. 1.5 x 25 x 54 inches. Studio Assistant: Anna Lehner
Silver Award Winner: Marzena Krzeminska-Baluch, Poland "Landscape", 2016. Kilnformed glass, slumped. 19.875 x 63 x 2.5 inches (installed).
Bronze Award Winner: Alison Lowry, United Kingdom "Symphony of Blue", 2016. Pâte de verre. 11.25 x 6.25 x 6.25 inches each.
Crossover Award Winner: Ashraf Hanna, United Kingdom "Amber red vessel form", 2015. Kilncast glass. 14.625 x 19.25 x 7 inches.
Gold Academic Award Winner: Kate Clements, United States "Stain", 2016. Kiln-fired glass frit. 84 x 96 x 0.25 inches (installed).
Silver Academic Award Winner: Jeffrey Stenbom, United States "To Those Who Have", 2015. Kilncast glass, acrylic, vinyl-coated steel cable, blown glass. 140 x 16.125 x 16.125 inches (installed).
Bronze Academic Award Winner: Nick Doran Adams, Australia "Collector Bowl - Rupee", 2014. Kilnformed glass, murrine. 2 x 6.5 x 6.5 inches. "Pac-Man Glitch", 2014. Kilnformed glass, murrine. 2.125 x 6.5 x 6.5 inches. "SoDaft #2", 2015. Kilnformed glass, murrine. 1.75 x 8 x 8 inches.
All Finalists
Bronze Academic Award Winner: Nick Doran Adams, Australia "Collector Bowl - Rupee", 2014. Kilnformed glass, murrine. 2 x 6.5 x 6.5 inches. "Pac-Man Glitch", 2014. Kilnformed glass, murrine. 2.125 x 6.5 x 6.5 inches. "SoDaft #2", 2015. Kilnformed glass, murrine. 1.75 x 8 x 8 inches.
Josh Bass, United States "Specimen 484", 2016. Kilnformed glass, sterling silver. 8.5 x 8.5 x 1.5 inches.
Darryl Berry, United States "Sun", 2016. Kilnformed glass, gourd, linen thread. 5 x 9.5 x 9.5 inches.
Darryl Berry, United States "Water", 2016. Kilnformed glass, gourd, linen thread. 5 x 10.5 x 10.5 inches.
Darryl Berry, United States "Water", 2016. Kilnformed glass, gourd, linen thread. 5 x 10.5 x 10.5 inches.
Angela Byrd-Beucler, United States "Reclaimed", 2016. Fused glass, 2.75 x 12.5 x 12.5 inches.
Ligia Bouton, United States "Green Wallpaper 1: Inhale/Exhale", 2016. Kilnformed glass. 44 x 18 x 3.5 inches.
Kim Brill, United States "Plaza Blanca, New Mexico: Investigations", 2016. Kilnformed glass. 22 x 38.5 x 0.875 inches (installed).
Karen Carrejo, Australia "Dying Light", 2015. Kilnformed glass. 17.5 x 34.5 x 4 inches.
Hye Sook Choi, South Korea/ United States "Keep Buying Luxuries and Eat Junk Food", 2014. Kilnformed glass, metal, leather. 12.5 x 13.5 x 3.5 inches.
Kalina Chung, United States "Lingua", 2015. Kilncast glass. 12 x 12 x 1.25 inches (installed).
Gold Academic Award Winner: Kate Clements, United States "Stain", 2016. Kiln-fired glass frit. 84 x 96 x 0.25 inches (installed).
Evy Cohen, France "The Wood", 2016. Kilnformed glass. 15.375 x 23.5 x 11.125 inches (installed).
Robin Crawford, United Kingdom "Momentary Sequence", 2015. Pâte de verre. 7.875 x 15.75 x 11.875 inches.
Simone Fezer, Germany "excrescence I", 2014. Kilncast glass. 5.5 x 12.75 x 13.25 inches. "excrescence II", 2016. Kilncast glass. 4.5 x 13.25 x 13.25 inches. "excrescence III", 2016. Kilncast glass. 7.25 x 14.5 x 14.5 inches.
Linda Gass, United States "Ghost of Wetlands Past", 2016. Fused glass. 35 x 35 x 1 inches (installed).
Linda Gass, United States Detail "Ghost of Wetlands Past", 2016. Fused glass. 35 x 35 x 1 inches (installed).
Terri Grant, United States "No Prisoners", 2015. Kilnformed glass. 80 x 28 x 0.5 inches (installed).
Christopher Gray, United States "Meander White", 2016. Kilnformed glass. 12.5 x 5.625 x 2.625 inches.
Crossover Award Winner: Ashraf Hanna, United Kingdom "Amber red vessel form", 2015. Kilncast glass. 14.625 x 19.25 x 7 inches.
Silvia Holzkan, Argentina "Si yo fuera libro...", 2015. Kilncast glass. 4.125 x 18.5 x 18.5 inches.
Lee Howes, Australia "My Valentine", 2016. Cast, fused, screenprinted and sandblasted glass. Installed dimensions variable.
Saman Kalantari, Italy "Touch", 2014. Kilnformed glass. 6 x 23.625 x 14.25 inches (installed).
Su-yeon Kim, South Korea/ United States "personal remains", 2015. Kilnformed glass, enamel paint. Individual components range from 3 x 3 inches to 9 x 3 inches.
Silver Award Winner: Marzena Krzeminska-Baluch, Poland "Landscape", 2016. Kilnformed glass, slumped. 19.875 x 63 x 2.5 inches (installed).
Monette Larsen, United Kingdom "Swift", 2015. Kilnformed glass, 45 x 69 x 6 inches (installed).
Gold Award Winner: Helen Lee, United States "KowTow", 2015. Kilnformed glass. 1.5 x 25 x 54 inches. Studio Assistant: Anna Lehner
Bronze Award Winner: Alison Lowry, United Kingdom "Symphony of Blue", 2016. Pâte de verre. 11.25 x 6.25 x 6.25 inches each.
Patricia Ludovici, United States "Hysteric", 2015. Kilnformed glass. 9 x 59.25 x 2 inches (installed).
Patricia Ludovici, United States Detail "Hysteric", 2015. Kilnformed glass. 9 x 59.25 x 2 inches (installed).
Sean Merchant, United States "Work Shirts", 2016. Cast glass, wood, enamel, metal. 2.375 x 10.875 x 13.625 inches.
Lawrence Morrell, United States "Synthetic Spider II", 2015. Kilnformed glass. 19.5 x 19.5 x 1.875 inches.
Josefina Muñoz, Chile "Water or Land", 2015. Painted and slumped glass, light, MDF. 32 x 19.5 x 17 inches.
Elizabeth Newnham, Australia "Target", 2016. Cast glass, found objects. 12.25 x 47.25 x 31.5 inches (installed).
David Pascoe, United Kingdom "Jack", 2015. Kilnformed glass. 35.5 x 24 x 0.25 inches.
Carrie Ann Plank, United States "Vestige (Cast Skin)", 2016. Cast kiln-glass, silver. 36.625 x 36.625 x 0.625 inches (installed).
Nina Podobnikar, Slovenia "Embrace of Light", 2016. Kilnformed glass. Installed dimensions variable.
Marjorie K. Sanders, United States "Laguna Ikebana Bowl", 2016. Fused glass. 1.25 x 11.5 x 11.5 inches.
Kristin Sheffels Simpson, United States "Kaleidoscope Bowl", 2016. Kilnformed glass. 4 x 14 x 14 inches.
Silver Academic Award Winner: Jeffrey Stenbom, United States "To Those Who Have", 2015. Kilncast glass, acrylic, vinyl-coated steel cable, blown glass. 140 x 16.125 x 16.125 inches (installed).
Emily Van Engel, United States "Power From Within", 2016. Fused glass. 9.125 x 7.125 x 0.25 inches.
Dóra Varga, Hungary "2048", 2015. Kilnformed glass, electronic components. 3 x 30.5 x 7.75 inches.
Nataliya Vladychko, Netherlands Handkerchief, 2014. Kilnformed glass. 6 x 6.5 x 7 inches.
Cheryl Wilson-Smith, Canada Detail: "Promises and Lies: Keeping Score", 2016. Kilnformed glass and metal. 26 x 26 x 4 inches.
Cheryl Wilson-Smith, Canada "Promises and Lies: Keeping Score", 2016. Kilnformed glass and metal. 26 x 26 x 4 inches.
Rhoda Baer, United States Alicia, 2016. Kilnformed glass, photography, digitally printed and fused minerals. 20.5 x 20.25 x 2 inches (framed).