Blown Glass
Dan Friday in “State of Glass” by Visit Seattle
In summer 2019 Visit Seattle selected Dan Friday (Lummi) as just one of three pivotal glass artists to highlight in their online series, “State of Glass”. We were paid a visit by the All is Well crew, who were filming the short doc for Visit Seattle, and it was a ton of fun selecting works […]
Behind the Scenes: Lillian Pitt & Dan Friday Collaborations in Glass
Earlier this summer, Dan Friday (Lummi) and Lillian Pitt (Wasco/Warm Springs/Yakama) visited the PRATT Fine Arts Studio to work on a collaborative body of work in glass for the second time. The first time this duo worked together, we were fortunate enough to receive the majority of the works, but this time the bulk of […]
Coming Up: A Season of Northwest Native Art Glass!
We are devoting our autumn season to back-to-back-to-back exhibits by three of the region’s top Native glass artists, in a celebration of the Northwest Native Art Glass movement. September brings Dan Friday (Lummi), October is Preston Singletary (Tlingit), and in November we close with Raven Skyriver (Tlingit). All three of these artists uses the medium of glass to reflect on aspects […]
Sweetgrass Basket Commission with Dan Friday
Clients looking for very special, meaningful corporate gifts needed to look no farther than the glass baskets of Dan Friday (Lummi). Inspired by the way the artist “weaves” the glass together, the clients chose Dan to create multiple Sweetgrass Baskets to symbolize the long partnership between themselves and the recipients. Dan beautifully brought their vision […]
An Early Look At Works in Raven Skyriver’s September Show
Back in July we had a visit from glassblower Raven Skyriver (Tlingit) who had just finished a multi-day blow at the Museum of Glass. He stopped by with the newly blown sculptures to give us a peek at what we might see in our September exhibition. As September draws near and each piece is completed, […]
Raven Skyriver Hits the Museum of Glass
Did you get to see Raven Skyriver (Tlingit) working at the Museum of Glass this past weekend? If you missed it, check out this video of highlights from the MoG, showing Raven and the team working on a gorgeous sea turtle. Many of the pieces he blew will make their debut with us this September, […]