Mary Van Cline

"Glass is an exciting and versatile material which I have been working with for many years. I love creating objects that inspire beauty around us."

Being able to create beautiful, functional glass objects is a wonderful way to share the luminous quality of contemporary glass art with others. Using handmade objects every day gives us a feeling of connectivity and warmth.

Using lost wax casting processes similar to bronze making, the crystal and colored glass is fired in a high temperature kiln so that it melts into hand sculpted shapes.

Mary Van Cline is considered a pioneer in the contemporary studio glass movement and recognized as part of its history. She is well known for inventing new processes of glass working. Her artwork is in many museums and private collections, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and Philadephia Museum of Art.