Yeah, it’s finally happening. Everyone says, “you could make a lamp out of that!” Well, no, I theoretically could, but i don’t. I can make glass for lighting, though, and that’s what we’re finally getting around to doing.
In collaboration with 100Watt Network, I have designed some new glass pieces which will be the foundation for [...]
David Keeps, home editor for the LA Times, fell in love with our limited-edition cast glass firelogs after our most recent e-blast and decided to put them on the blog for the home section of the Los Angeles Times. Along with Chad DeWitt, who collaborated on these pieces, I’m really pleased to have them featured and [...]
In 2006 I worked with designer and fellow CCA alum Chad DeWitt of DeWitt Studio on a set of decorative glass logs for display in a Sunset Magazine Idea House. The pieces proved so popular while on display we decided to produce some for sale as a limited-edition. Here we are a couple years later and there have [...]
One of the “new” things I’m working on is actually a design I’ve brought back from a long time ago; a simple bubble of glass that lies on its side, with a finely polished opening that allows a flower to extend from it at an angle.
I made a few of these sweet little things as [...]
Jeff Benroth Glass will not be exhibiting at NYIGF this January; I had planned to take the winter show off so we can re-evaluate our products and how we present them (more on that below). I will miss seeing many of you at the show and I look forward to getting back to Javits in [...]
It seems like some of the most interesting ideas for new product come from explorations of ideas that have no relation to commercial viability. To wit:
These almond-shaped solid glass elements, with their semi-sharp edge and hand-wrought variations, began as experiments for a possible installation in a gallery with exposed brick walls. In thinking about that [...]
So as usual, Jeff Benroth Glass will represent in booth 5515 - Handmade section of NYIGF from August 16-20, 2008. I’ll be there for the meets and greets, and I’ll also show off some new items.
I’ll be bringing the Stripe Vase in a new color - Mandarin - as a result of the color experiments [...]