John Sharvin

Headquarters

Pittsburgh, PA

John Sharvin is a Seattle-based artist and fabricator who creates glass sculpture and functional glassware, with a practice bridging glass, metal, digital fabrication, and installation. Originally from Ohio, he earned a BFA in glass from The Ohio State University in 2012 and co-founded Top Hat Glassworks in Seattle. His work explores speculative environments and the relationship between technology and perception, while his career also includes large-scale fabrication and public-art project management.

• Scanlan GlassScanlan Glass is a Brooklyn-based contemporary art glass studio that makes functional, abstract, and conceptual glass work. It produces glass vessels, lighting fixtures, and castings, and offers commissioned glasswork, glassblowing lessons, and studio rentals for experienced glass artists.BROOKLYN, NY
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  Washington Glass SchoolFor more than two decades, Washington Glass School has been a community-centered home for artists and students exploring glass in the Washington, DC area. Its Mt. Rainier studios provide hands-on instruction for beginners and experienced artists, while affiliated public-art work extends that shared practice into civic spaces such as Bladensburg Library.MOUNT RAINIER, MD
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  Emerald Art GlassEmerald Art Glass is a custom glass fabrication shop based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where it carries out its work in a 40,000-square-foot studio. The company works on residential and commercial projects, collaborating with designers, architects, builders, and construction professionals to create custom pieces.PITTSBURGH, PA
• John PompFor three decades, glassblower and designer John Pomp has built a Philadelphia studio around an experimental, hands-on approach to making. Working with his partner Anne and a team of more than 50 creatives, the studio develops sculptural furniture and lighting in-house, using old-world craftsmanship alongside studies of molten glass and other elemental materials.PHILADELPHIA, PA