James has been working in glass for over 18 years as a sculptor, educator, equipment builder, consultant and designer. He received a bachelor’s of fine arts degree in glass from Tyler School of Art, and a master’s of fine arts degree in glass from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. His work experience also includes being master model and mold maker, as well as foundry foreman, for a bronze and aluminum casting company. Today, James resides with his family in Vermont, where he makes sculpture in cast glass and operates a furniture design business with his wife, Justyna. He can be reached via www.glassatelier.com.
I used to think that using glue in your glasswork looked cheap and sloppy. I didn’t realize how important it would be to join glass to other materials, or to connect two glass forms that would be impossible to fuse hot.
The process of annealing glass is to cool it slowly enough to let the entire thickness cool with very little difference in temperature from the core to the surface.
