Chad Balster Glass
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Flora Vases to brighten your day!
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I make a variety of things out of glass. I enjoy it's molten qualities and wish to share the experience of working with liquid sand. Each category of work is open ended and will continue to grow and change. Please take the time to explore your own path. If you have a special project feel free to email or call me with your ideas.
Lighting
Illumination is key. Each handblown light is finished on a punty, drilled to the specific needs of your light. Whether you have track lighting, pendant hardware, or old fashioned light fixtures, we can put glass around it and show off it's true colors. Lighting starts out at $100, but sets of lights can get you a %20 discount.
Click here to see the Lighting page...
Click here to see the Lighting page...
Pods
This body of work encompasses work that is meta-traditional and hyperfunktional. Inspired by the franconian beakers of the Black Forest in Medieval/Renniassance Germany. Click here to explore...
Wall Plates
These ornamental plates are intented to be hung from a simple picture hanger. With minimal hardware you can transform a normal wall into a stunning display of color and form. Each plate is made with the same process as "crown glass"; early windows were filled with these "roundels", or "bullseyes". Click here to see more of these pieces ranging from $55-$265...
Drinkware
These cups are for daily use. I encourage people to use them and enjoy them. We have many styles of cups for your many needs. We have elaborate wine glasses and utilitarian tumblers...and everything in between! Click here to see the Drinkware page...
Of course, all these cups are made of spruce pine glass; therefore, none of these cups are capable of handling hot or boiling liquids. Incidentally, use can create and produce laughter and communal enjoyment.
Bowls
Ornaments
Hanging Ornaments imbued with color and inflated with inspiration. You can hang them as holiday decor...or place them in your favorite gazing window
You can buy hand blown glass directly from the artist.
My hand made, mouth-blown glass is produced in Louisville, Kentucky. The glass is melted at The Louisville Glassworks hotshop and is transformed into some artifact of the molten experience. I like to make utilitarian objects, as they are interacted with on a human scale. You hold, serve, enjoy, and celebrate life this way, why not do it with some piece of handblown glass?
