| New Glass Artists Gallery Artists
 Alchemy Glass & Light:
Alchemy Glass & Light was started as a glass studio by artists Michael Murphy
and Steve Weinstock, but has grown into a workshop of artisans working not just
in glass, but also in stone, metal and wood. They produce unique pieces that,
though they provide everyday functions of lighting a room or catching water in
the bathroom, are also pieces of art.
Click here to see all of Michael and Steve’s lighting.
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Aviana designs are inspired by some of the best
glass designers in the industry. They’ve created and researched each of their
Designer, Etched, Classical and Artisan Statement glass creations extensively to
insure a one of a kind design. They create custom fabricated functional glass
art in Vessels (drop-ins and counter mounts), Mirrors, Counter-Tops & Tiles all
hand made in Phoenix, AZ.
 Click here to see all of Aviana’s work.
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Enrique Vega:
Born in Havana, Cuba, Enrique Vega is a unique combination of computer expert
and professional artist blacksmith. “Some traditional blacksmiths frown upon the
use of modern tools. I like to think of myself as a designer that embraces new
technologies while remaining true to the traditions of my craft.” His 2000
square-foot studio has an old coal forge, a few modern gas forges, a forging
hammer that delivers 180 blows a minute at 2-ton impact, and a CNC plasma cutter
that he and his son Monte Vega, built from scratch. “In the process of building
the CNC machine we learned a lot about how to use this new technology. It
enables us to both keep up with the times and produce a more affordable artwork
while maintaining a high standard of excellence in our hand crafted furniture.”
Monte Vega, 23, has worked with his father since high school and continues to
work full time in between his college courses. Having a natural talent for the
craft, Monte has helped design some of the products and produces much of the
artwork in the Vega Collection.
Sandu Musat:
 Sandu Musat was born in 1959 in the Buzau region of Romania. In
1970, at the age of eleven, he won second prize for landscape
painting among a field of sixty-seven art students in the country.
The following year he took first place in the same national
competition.
Between the years 1974 – 1978, he attended the local Arts high
school where he studied painting and sculpture. Upon graduation,
he entered Ion Andreescu Institute of Art in Bucharest where he
was honored top of his class in each of his years there.
From 1984 until the present, his artistic output has been almost
exclusively in “layered glass”, experimenting and perfecting old
and new methods. The landscape themes prominent in his work are
scenes sketched directly from the region surrounding his studio
and home.
Approximately 80% of the cutback seen in Musat’s work is achieved
through hydrofluoric acid etching. In addition, he employs
wheel-grinding, carving, sand-blasting and several other
techniques in the completion of each one-of-a-kind art piece.
Musat’s cameo art glass debuted internationally in 1991 in Kobe,
Japan with great success, followed by expositions in 1993 and 1994
in Tokyo and Osaka. Further expositions included London in 1997,
Berlin in 2001, and Haifa, Israel in 2003.
Click here to see all of Sandu’s one-of-a-kind work.
Meg Branzetti and Vicky Kokolsi:
 Meg Branzetti and Vicky Kokolsi see their masks as an opportunity
for fascinating design work while communicating emotion to the
viewer. Meg and Vicky are influenced by the everyday. They call
upon personal experiences and feelings, not historical art
movements when creating. These self-taught artists’ masterpieces
reflect their spiritual energy and emotion. Exploding together in
an eclectic composition of color and texture the masks often refer
to our primitive pasts; not to one culture, rather, a combination
of all cultures. Each mask is a distinct image intended to evoke a
myriad of emotions and sensations. Meg and Vicky’s friendship is
what solidifies their creative collaboration. Together they have
the motivation to pursue this incredible artistic journey that
persist only with the impute and reaction of the viewer.
Click here to see
all of Meg and Vicky’s work.
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