During the week of May 1 - 5, 2017, The Henry Ford invited renowned glass artist Hiroshi Yamano to work in the Greenfield Village glass shop alongside our artists and craftspeople. Check out this exclusive interview to learn about Yamano's week at The Henry Ford and the pieces he made while he was...

During the week of June 13 - 17, 2017, The Henry Ford invited renowned glass blower Herb Babcock to work in the Greenfield Village glass shop alongside our artists and craftspeople. Watch this exclusive interview to learn more about Babcock's week at The Henry Ford.

Giles Bettison received a bachelor's degree from the Canberra School of Art in Australia. He has been the recipient of numerous prizes and awards for his intricate murrine vessels. He has taught at schools such as: Penland School of Crafts, Pilchuck Glass School, The Studio of The Corning Museum ...

In August 2019, Dean Allison spent a week as artist in residence at the Glass Shop in Greenfield Village. Dean Allison works with figurative sculpture and portraits with glass. He begins with a life cast from a model. The final portrait, made in cast glass expresses the fragility and transparency of...

David Walters studied at the Rhode Island School of Design from 1989-93. After graduating, he moved to Seattle to work for Dale Chihuly and many highly regarded artists in the Puget Sound area and beyond. David has been traveling teaching and demonstrating nationally and internationally for the p...

Descending from a family of glassworkers in the 1700’s, Davide Salvadore is the 11th generation in his family to be part of Murano glass history. At a young age, Salvadore started to work in furnace following his grandfather Antonio and learned how to build the kilns. In 1978 he began producing l...

During the week of August 22 - 26, 2017, The Henry Ford invited renowned glass blower Janusz Pozniak to work in the Greenfield Village glass shop alongside our artists and craftspeople. Watch this exclusive interview to learn more about Pozniak's week at The Henry Ford. Janusz Poźniak has been blo...

During the week of July 25 - 29, 2017, The Henry Ford invited renowned glass artist Marc Petrovic to work in the Greenfield Village glass shop alongside our artists and craftspeople. Watch this exclusive interview to learn more about Petrovic's week at The Henry Ford.

Suspending creatures in moments of tension and recalling the myths and legends with which they are associated, Shelley Muzylowski Allen reminds us that nature is precious and fleeting. From the Red Gazelle to the White Rhino some of her subjects face extinction or have been forever lost in the ti...

Laura Donefer has been using glass as her primary medium for more than thirty four years, often in combination with diverse materials. Known for her innovative, colorful blown glass and flame worked “Amulet Baskets”, she also pushes the boundaries with work that explores ideas concerning memory, a...