Started working in glass in 1994 at Horizons (now Snow Farm) in Williamsburg, MA, and in 1999 at the MIT Glass Lab in Cambridge, MA, and has been working in California for 5 years.
www.pink-noise.org

Helen Lee is an artist, designer, educator, and glassblower based in Berkeley, CA. She holds an MFA in Glass from RISD and a BSAD in Architecture from MIT. She has taught at RISD, CCA, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, and the MIT Glass Lab. She was recently an affiliate artist at Headlands Center for the Arts and currently works as a freelance graphic designer for Celery Design Collaborative and Chronicle Books.

“Prince Rupert Drawing #1”
Helen Lee
2011
Inked and exploded Prince Rupert’s drop (glass) on paper
22” x 30”

“Placeholder Shelf”
Helen Lee
2011
Blown and cut glass glued to sheet glass, light
96” x 6” x 4”

Started working in glass in 1992 at San Francisco State University in San Francisco, CA.
www.joecariati.com

Joe began blowing glass at San Francisco State University in 1992. Since then he has traveled, studied and taught extensively in the US and abroad. Joe has taught workshops and universities for over ten years including the Rhode Island School of Design, California College of Arts and Crafts and most recently at the California State University Fullerton in Orange County.

He has received numerous awards, residencies and scholarships including the Creative Glass Center of America’s residency, and the Modesto Lanzone Award from the Museo ItaloAmericano in San Francisco.

Joe currently owns and operates Joe Cariati Glass, a Los Angeles based company that produces blown glass sold in design boutiques worldwide.

“Black Venetian Set”
Joe Cariati
2012
Hand blown glass
Tallest 33’’

“Decanter Collection”
Joe Cariati
2012
Hand blown glass
Tallest 27’’