Continuous mosaic demonstrations throughout the day.

Metal sculptor Hoss Haley will go through his experience in producing a public art commission including presentation, design, engineering, budget, and the unique challenges of building a sculpture several times larger that his studio. Represented at SOFA by Momentum Gallery. Sponsored by the Society of North American Goldsmiths

Metal artist Kye-Yeon Son will share her personal journey to visualize emotive qualities such as wishes, memory, loss, and endurance in her vessels and jewellery. A faculty at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Kye was the winner of the Canada's prestigious Saidye Bronfman Award and the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts. Kye-Yeon Son is represented by Galerie Noel Guyomarc'h. Sponsored by the Society of North American Goldsmiths

This autobiographical presentation details the trajectory of Joanna Manousis' work with glass as a sculptural medium. Specifically, Manousis will touch on her current research utilizing negative core-casting and gilding methodologies in her pursuit to create fully reflective, three-dimensional mirrors encapsulated within solid kiln cast glass. Presented by Habatat Galleries

Demo Schedule

11:30 am                 Helen Tegeler (CMoG)
1:00 pm                   Trina Weintraub  (Habatat Galleries)
3:00 pm                   Dan Friday  (Blue Rain Gallery)
5:00 pm                   Ben Johnson  (Maria Elena Kravetz)

A discussion of the importance and relevance of public art in the urban landscape, as a way of creating sense of place; a cultural identity; civic pride; an educational forum; and, a way of engendering dialog in fractured neighborhoods. Presented by Cynthia Reeves Gallery

Demo Schedule

12:30 pm         Kristin LeVier (Kirstin Muenster Projects)
and Al Miotke  (Chicago Woodturners)
1:45 pm           Andy Kuby  (Chicago Woodturners)
3:00 pm           Clint Stevens  (Chicago Woodturners)
4:15 pm           Katie Adams  (Tenn. Assoc. of Woodturners)
5:30 pm           Dave Bertaud  (Chicago Woodturners)

Mark Peiser has been involved with the Studio Glass Movement since 1967 and is widely recognized for his uniquely individualized approaches and accomplishments.

In 1967, Peiser attended a five week glass session at the then burgeoning Penland School of Crafts. There, he quickly acquainted himself with the basic tools and limited written resources available at the time. “I was told there was no information available beyond what I saw,” he says. “I found the only way to learn was through experimentation in all aspects of studio existence.” And experiment he did. Peiser was made Penland’s first resident glass craftsman, a post he held until 1970, when he established his own studio nearby.” Peiser is a founder of the Glass Art Society started in 1971 at Penland, of which he is an Honorary Lifetime Member.

“Most of my career has been spent evolving glasses and processes,” Peiser says. “Like many of us in the ’60s, I strove to be an advocate for the material and new approaches to its objects.”

Peiser's work is in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago (IL), Birmingham Art Museum (AL), Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum (NY), Corning Museum of Glass (NY), La Galerie Internationale du Verre (France), Glasmuseum (Denmark), High Museum of Art (GA), Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art (Japan), Hunter Museum of American Art (TN), Milwaukee Art Museum (WI), Mint Museum of Craft + Design (NC), Museum of Arts & Design (NY), National Museum of American History, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Smithsonian Institute (DC), Santa Barbara Museum of Art (CA), Toledo Museum of Art (OH) and Tokyo Museum of Modern Art (Japan). Peiser was inducted into the College of Fellows of the American Craft Council in 1988 and received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass in 2004. Additionally in 2009 he received the North Carolina Governor’s Award and in 2010 the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Glass Art Society.

Join metalsmiths David Barnhill and David Huang as they take you on a visual journey documenting the making of a single Layered Resplendence vessel in their collaborative series. The talk will begin with Mr. Barnhill as he covers the fusing, forging, and patterning process known as Mokume Gane to create the patterned metal disk. Mr. Huang will then cover the raising, chasing, and finishing techniques he does to complete the work. It will be an exciting presentation showcasing the intricate steps of a collaborative piece from start to finish. Presented by Kirsten Muenster Projects

This lecture covers the seminal role of North Carolina artists and institutions in the Studio Glass Movement, beginning with Penland School of Craft's first glass studio in 1965 and ending with the Glass Art Society's 25th anniversary meeting in Asheville in 1995.​ Presented by Alysia Fischer, Curator, North Carolina and the Studio Glass Movement exhibit

The Story Behind the Tree: Abstract vessels and forms by celebrated wood sculptor Brad Sells. Sells will discuss his influences, techniques, and sculptures created from exotic and domestic wood using a free-form carving technique. His process involves a number of tools including a chainsaw and straight and angled grinders. Sells lives and works in his hometown of Cookeville, TN, where he owns Bark Studio. He has been featured in the Tree Safari documentary series by award-winning filmmaker Todd Jarrell. His pieces are held in the collections of many national and regional museums and galleries, including the Smithsonian Institution’s Renwick Gallery in Washington, D.C., Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, MA, and the Museum of Art & Design in New York City. Sells is represented by Blue Spiral 1 located in Asheville, NC.

In her lecture Katja Toporski will discuss the metaphysical questions that from the backdrop to her work. Laser scans of far away comets, copies of prehistoric artifacts, and optical filters from smartphone touchscreens are just some of the ingredients she uses in her jewelry with which she addresses our perception and understanding of the world around us. Presented by Charon Kransen Arts

In conjunction with SOFA Chicago’s 25th anniversary, Collectors of Wood Art (CWA) presents “WOOD: 25 Years of Innovation.” This panel will discuss the motivation behind this exhibition and consider the question: What is innovation, specifically innovation in wood art and studio furniture? Ideas of how the wood art field has grown and changed in the past 25 years as well as the context and future of medium specific exhibitions will be examined. Presented by Collectors of Wood Art