Painting with Glass

Glassblowing and other glass art is so cool, watching artists create beautiful pieces from the super heated glass is mesmerizing! Loren Stump is a California glass artist who takes what you think you know about glass art, and bumps it up many more levels! The self-taught artist is a master of murrine, a 4000 year old glass making technique from the Middle East. Layers of differently colored glass are combined into a lump that doesn’t look like anything special…until you slice it like a loaf of bread. The slices reveal a stunning and unimaginable level of detail. The planning to figure out how to make these must be intense, and it pays off!