Revere Glass School

Teachers

Dustin Revere - Rita Revere - Brian Saccomano - Kaj Beck

Dustin Revere
Web: www.dustinrevere.com
Bio: Dustin Revere brings the traditional styles of original Italian history to new age frontiers. Trailblazing through Italy his way to Oakland California, Dustin Revere has studied under some of the most respected glassmakers of the last century...more

Rita Revere
Web: www.ritarevere.com
Bio: Rita Revere has been privileged enough to have studied with some of the greatest Italian and American lampworkers of our time...more

Brian Saccomano
Web: www.create2live.org

Kaj Beck
Web: www.bouldercreekartglass.com
Bio: I began working in 1996 with Dave Clark III, Mike Warren in Humboldt County, then around 1998 I moved to San Diego, and began working with Rob Bessone shortly thereafter I met Josh Sable...more

Suellen Fowler
Web: www.flameworkglass.comSiteFilesSFFG-Main.html
Bio: SUELLEN FOWLER has blown and sculpted glass for over thirty years. She is the foremost practitioner of a method of flameworking characterized by working off the end of a glass blowpipe...more

Matthew Eskuche
Web: www.blownglass.ws
Bio: Matt began flameworking in 1998, trading a $50 debt with a lampworker to learn over his shoulder. A year later he studied at Penland with Emilio Santini for two months, then with Cesare Toffolo in 2002...more

Robert Mickelsen
Web: www.mickelsenstudios.com
Bio: Born in 1951 in Fort Belvoir, Virginia and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, Robert's formal education ended after one year of college...more

Steve Sizelove
Web: www.stevesizelove.com
Bio: Finding the medium of hot glass in 1995 could not have been
 a more life-changing event for Indiana artist Steve Sizelove...more

Banjo
Web: www.glasspipes.orgGal17269_Banjo.asp

Scott Deppe
Web: www.nebulaglass.comscottscott.htm
Bio: Without a doubt, Scott Has created some of the most creative and innovative pipes that we have ever seen...more

Clinton Roman
Web: www.lunaangelica.com
Bio: Since '94 I've been in the pursuit of expanding my horizons as a borosilicate lamp-worker. It's been a long journey...more

Bearclaw
Web: www.glasspipes.orgGal8432_bearclaw_s_Gallery.asp
Bio: Bearclaw78 started working with glass in the fall of 1998...full time all the time since. having no formal training, i feel joy watching the barriers of this medium fall before me...more

John Kobuki
Web: www.kobukiglass.com
Bio: "I started out watching a few different lamp workers at a shop that I was helping with a catalogue and some organization...more

Chris Roesinger
Web: www.glassartists.orgGal17047_Christopher_Roesinger_s_Gallery.asp
Bio: Momentum, Devotion, Creation......... Christopher Roesinger is a thriving artist whose lucid creations in glass can most often be found adorning the highly complimented...more

Amy Canada Ellenhorn
Web: www.glassartists.orgGal16848_Amy_Canada_Ellenhorn_s_Gallery.asp
Bio: Amy blew glass for the first time in 2002. She is currently a TA for Emilio Santini at VCU where she is on the verge of completing a BFA in material studies...more

Marbleslinger
Web: www.glasspipes.orgGal151_marbleslinger_s_Gallery.asp
Bio: I will cover any techniques in my vocabulary that students wish to know, from blowout and colour techs, honeycombs, disc flips, implosion mibs, implosion millies, retticellos, incalmos, shaping and construction, sandblasting, marbles etc etc...more

MNP
Web: www.glasspipes.orgGal17802_MNP_s_Gallery.asp
Bio: I've lived my whole life in Washington state. During the summer of 1998 good fortune landed me a spot in a local glass studio...more

Emilio Santini
Web: www.vetriglass.comartistses_main.html
Bio: Emilio Santini was born in Murano, Italy, into a family with six hundred years of glass blowing tradition...more

Marcel Braun
Web: www.glasspipes.orgGal20450_Marcel_s_Gallery.asp
Bio: I run a studio called Living Glass Works in Eugene Oregon. In addition to making headpieces for over ten years I build custom tools and kilns as well as license and design kilns through AIM kilns...more

Smiley
Web: www.glasspipes.orgGal10152__Glass_Art_By_Smiley_.asp
Bio: " I suddenly became stangely inebriated.The external world became changed as in a dream.Objects appeared to gain in relief; they assumed unusual dimensions;and colors became more glowing ...more

Gianni Toso
Web: www.giannitoso.com
Bio: The Toso family has a 700-year uninterrupted tradition of Murano glass blowing, creating glass vessels that became the jealously guarded treasures of Venetian aristocracy...more

Dave Strobel
Web: www.glassartists.orgGal24760_Dave_Strobel_s_Gallery.asp
Bio: I've been blowing glass since 1991. I started with softglass hotshop work for a year, then moved into borosilicate scientific fabrication and repair for a few years, moving into boro artglass exclusively in 1995...more

Devin Somerville
Web: www.somervilleglass.com
Bio: Devin Somerville was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin in February of 1976. He moved to Milwaukee in 1994 and attended UWM to study art and architecture...more

Lance Wright
Web: www.revereglass.com
Bio: Lance Wright is an accomplished lampworking artist now residing in the Bay Area. His journey into the world of glass began in the mid 90’s in Phoenix, Arizona...more

Eusheen

Bio: Been on the torch since January of 2000 Recently became more addicted to glass then i ever have! I owe many thanks to Toadstool Gilbert, Mike Luna And Darby for opening this world up to me! Also thanks to Daniel Trilli and all the Homies in Arizona for my most recent major inspiration! Glass will be my life until i cant use my hands anymore!more

AKA
Web: www.myspace.comakaglass
Bio: Been on the torch since '95. Thanks for the inspiration from the glass community. Being able to sculpt hot glass, liquid light, is an awesome blessing...more

NEWS

Now accepting Studio Renters and Lessons!

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Revere Glass is now accepting studio renters and lessons. Please call or email to sign up.

Dustin and Rita Revere have new websites!

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We just published a few new personal websites!.  Keep tack of our new work, and maybe see some older things too.  These sites will be updated frequently.
Dustin Facebook Myspace
Rita

Dave Strobel on Staff!

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Revere Glass is proud to announce our new part owner, Dave Strobel.  Dave is known for his talent and persistence in the glass industry.  Dave is also widley recognized as one of the best boro murrini makers in the world.  His amazing glass career started in 1991, soon after he got his boro start at Northstar and then moved on to JBD as the experimental department leader.  Dave is currently a staff teacher at Revere and will continue to help Revere Glass School grow. Dave, Rita and Dustin are currently launchinng RAS Glass (Revere and Strobel), This new company will focus on high end production.  For info on that, please send an emai here

Female Flame Off Registration

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Here is the form in pdf

New Apprentice Program!

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Revere Glass is now offering apprenticeships in glass for all levels.  In the apprentice program students will learning with Dave Strobel and Dustin Revere.  The apprentice works from 10am-4:20pm for RAS Glass.  After 4:20 the studio can be used by the apprentice for personal use. Also the apprentice can go to all the workshops at no cost.  This program is for people who want a career in glass. Please email or call for an interview. There is no cost for this program.

FEATURED LINKS

2008 Workshops

  • JOHN KOBUKI-September
  • 3RD ANNUAL FEMALE FLAMEOFF-Halloween
  • COLLABORATION AND DOCUMENTATION-November
  • CLINTON ROMAN-December

2009 Workshops

  • JASON LEE-January 2009
  • ROBERT MICKELSEN-February 2009
  • SCOTT DEPPE-March 2009
  • JOSH OPDENAKER-April 2009