Watch as Amy Rueffert demonstrates for her class, Let’s Make Some Glass!, which focused on using blown forms, blowing punties, bit work, and using decals in the hot shop.
Pinecone Pair by Amy Ruffert, 2014, Blown glass, decals, micah
Amy Rueffert has worked in glass since 1994. She earned her BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and her MFA at Mills College in Oakland, where she studied with Ron Nagle. Her work is included in the collections of The Corning Museum of Glass, the Tacoma Museum of Glass, and The Glasmuseet Ebeloft in Denmark.
Amy’s work has been recognized in New Glass Review (1995, 1998, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009), and she was awarded a merit prize in the Elizabeth R. Rafael Founder’s Exhibition. Her work was selected for the 2007 International Exhibition of glass in Kanazawa, Japan, and was also in a group exhibition titled “Flora” at the Glasmuseet Ebeltoft in Denmark in 2010.
Amy has taught at The Studio at The Corning Museum of Glass, Pilchuck Glass School, Penland School of Crafts, The Glass Lab at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. She also ran the glass department at San Jose State University during the 2006–2007, and lectured at Illinois State University in Bloomington-Normal and at the University of Illinois.
Upcoming Live-stream events at The Studio
Live-Streamed Studio Demonstration: Pablo Soto June 17, 2015 11:00am to 12:00pm
Live-Streamed Studio Demonstration: Emilio Santini June 24, 2015 11:00am to 12:00pm
Live-Streamed Studio Demonstration: Denise Stillwaggon Leone July 1, 2015 11:00am to 12:00pm
See the full schedule at cmog.org/live.