2024 Glass Pumpkin Patch Artist List
Michael Amis
Shirley, Illinois
Amis designed and built a glassblowing studio for Kokomo Opalescent Glass, where he worked as a studio director, designer, and gaffer until he opened his own studio in 2007.
Ekin Deniz Aytac and Joshua Davids
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Ekin Deniz Aytac and Joshua Davids are a husband and wife team of artists working in glass. They manage Glass Art Kalamazoo, a nonprofit public access glass studio. Their work is exhibited in internationally renowned galleries, museums, and private collections.
Aaron Baigelman
Lake Forest, Illinois
Baigelman started blowing glass at the age of 11 and has studied with several world-class glass sculptors. In 2014, he launched Baigelman Glass with his wife and fellow artist, Heather Baigelman.
N’Kosi Barber
Chicago, Illinois
N’kosi Barber is an illustrator and sculptural glass artist from the South Side of Chicago. Barber is a Project Fire instructor and peer educator who began with the program in 2016.
Amanda Cosgrove-Paffrath
Racine, Wisconsin
Introduced to glassblowing in high school, Cosgrove-Paffrath co-owns Hot Shop Glass and Funky Hannah’s Beads & Art. Her work can be found in Europe, South America, and the United States.
Brock Eddleman
Bloomington, Illinois
Eddleman has explored a variety of glass techniques, including furnace-worked, soft glass, blown glass, and torch work. He has recently learned the art of millefiore and is incorporating it into his work.
Gigi Erickson
Eagle Mountain, Utah
Erickson started glassblowing in 1990 and studied in Corning, New York, with notable artists. Pumpkins are one of her passions; she also creates many other objects in hot glass.
Dave Gribbins
Beecher, Illinois
Gribbins has built a career on glass art. He earned an MA in sculpture and currently teaches sculpture, glass, ceramics, and printmaking at Governors State University. He continues to make glass with George Tessman.
Jeremy Hansen
Racine, Wisconsin
Hansen dreamed of becoming an artist as a child and pursued his passion at Alfred University in New York where he earned a degree with a dual focus on ceramics and hot glass.
John Van Koningsveld
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Van Koningsveld began blowing glass in 2005. He owns a studio that specializes in stained glass, bronze sculpture, and blown glass work.
Charlie Manion
Alfred, New York
Trained as a scientific flamethrower, Manion transforms music, sound, found materials, and glass into something new. He is currently pursuing a masters degree in sculpture at Alfred University.
Kit Paulson
Penland, North Carolina
Paulson has taught in the United States and Germany, and her work has been published in the New Glass Review. She currently serves as a resident artist at North Carolina’s Penland School of Craft.
Amanda Pierce
Bloomington, Indiana
Pierce has interests in glassblowing and casting, as well as in sculptural and functional work with a variety of materials including metal, wood, marble, and concrete.
Jeff Simmons
Kokomo, Indiana
Simmons is the director of Hot Glass Studio. He draws on over two decades of experience working with the medium to create both custom and production work; he is an independent artist based in Indiana.
Daniel Sviland
Waukegan, Illinois
Co-owner of Hot Shop Glass in Racine, Wisconsin, Sviland has created art with glass since the age of 12. He has worked with and learned from several great glassblowing artists.
George Tessman
Highland, Indiana
A former Marine, Tessman rediscovered his passion for the arts, particularly hot glass, in 2000. He opened his own studio in 2003 and his work is favored by jewelry designers and collectors in the United States and abroad.
Matthew Urban
Normal, Illinois
Urban owns and operates Furnace Urbini Glass Works in Illinois where he creates his own line, as well as commissioned work for other artists and designers.
