Issue 182 | Spring
Editor's Letter
by Andrew Page
On the cover, Sahana Ramakrishnan, who is the managing editor of Glass, takes stock of a rising
interest in handmade sheet glass by a wide range of artists, all of whom want more control over
the material at the heart of their practices, some of whom are reviving “extinct” artisanal skills in
the process. Read about how Elliot Walker, Jocelyne Prince, Romina Gonzalez, David King,
and Liesl Schubel are rolling out unique glass sheets in service of wildly diverse goals.
Elsewhere in the issue, artists Latchezar Boyadjiev, Martin Janecký, and Jason McDonald, each of whom is profiled in
this issue’s feature articles, share a dedication to achieving expressive form against obstacles,
whether it’s living in a restrictive political system that limits opportunities, accessing expensive
studio time to practice blowing glass to the delicate thinness and precise symmetry of the goblet
form, or figuring out how to harness groundbreaking skill in rendering realistic forms in glass in a
way that resonates in a contemporary-art framework.
Hourglass
Corning plans major celebrations, exhibitions, and events to mark its 75th year; Corey Pemberton and Norwood Viviano named as 2026 United States Artist Fellows; a New York gallery collaboration showcases Richard Marquis alongside the giants of Venice; in memoriam: Václav Cigler (1929–2026).
Reviews
Group neon exhibition at Steve Gilbert Gallery, Seattle; WD40 (Walt Lieberman and Dick Weiss) at Schack Art Center, Everett, Washington; Charisse Pearlina[Text Wrapping Break]Weston at Jack Shainman Gallery, New York; the Wasserstein Collection at the Museum of American Glass, Millville, New Jersey.
UrbanGlass News
The upcoming seasons of world-class intensives is a unique glass educational opportunity.
Reflection
by John Moran
We’ve Always Been Living in Uncertain Times .
Features
Elemental
by Sahana Ramakrishnan
Glass artists, looking to get more intimately involved in the materiality of their work, are creating their own custom sheet glass to more fully engage with the process of creation.
Tense Present
by Barbora Kundračíková
Martin Janecký’s virtuosic works in glass are not simple portraits, but provocations to reconfigure our relationship to sculpture.
Cup Runneth Over
by Ellye Sevier
Jason McDonald was introduced to glass in middle school, but it wasn’t until he worked in a glass shop as an adult that he discovered goblet-making, and its rigor became the structure he sought—that is, until the form could no longer hold all he wanted to say.
by D Wood
Latchezar Boyadjiev’s journey from Bulgaria to the U.S., via Prague, is more than a story of defecting from Communist rule, but a story of finding one’s own way, both as an individual and an artist.