Channel: Corning Museum of Glass

Category: Education

Tags: glasscorning museum of glassglassblowingglassmaking

Description: Watch glass maker and artist instructor Nikki O'Neill demonstrate for her class at The Studio. O'Neill explores the methods and techniques needed to successfully fuse float (window) glass, a versatile, beautiful, inexpensive, and readily available medium. Nikki O’Neill uses kiln-forming techniques to create sculptures and vessels from glass powder and from recycled float glass. Since retiring as a research scientist, she works full-time as a studio glass artist and educator, applying art and science to the exploration of life origins and nature’s creatures in marine habitats. Full Artist Bio: cmog.org/bio/nikki-oneill