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Offering the Finest of the Glass Arts from Around the World
We here at Habatat are excited about the current glass art exhibition we have on display in the gallery celebrating women who are shaping the future of glass art. Over 20 women have unique glass artworks on display from all over the world at the Habatat Galleries Complex in Royal Oak, Michigan. Each artist was...
StreetKraft – Curated by Kim Harty Habatat is honored to have Kim Harty, head of glass at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan, curate an exhibition at our gallery here in Royal Oak. StreetKraft features bold new artwork from around the world that is inspired by the street. This exhibition will open during...
One of the most common questions people ask after making a purchase from one of our glass sculpture sales is, “What’s the best way to display this piece at home?” While the answer generally varies from work to work, there are certain do’s and don’ts when it comes to staging, lighting, and showing off glass...
Mark Peiser has been pushing the envelope of the contemporary glass art world for nearly 50 years. He first became involved with the Studio Glass Movement in 1967, and ever since he has tirelessly explored the limits of form and function within this unique medium. Peiser’s constant experimentation with technique and his reputation for perfectionism...
Marvin Lipofsky (1938 – 2016) was a pioneer in the Studio Glass Movement. Through his personal creations, as well as his passions for teaching and travel, Lipofsky did more than perhaps any other single artist of his time to further the idea of blown glass sculpture as an expressive artistic medium. Born and raised in...
The molding and shaping of glass as an artistic, expressive medium is a tradition that can be traced back to ancient times, but it’s only relatively recently that “studio glass” truly became a celebrated fixture of modern art. What separates studio glass art from other forms of functional glass art is its focus on the...
Martin Blank is one of the world’s most preeminent contemporary glass artists, still working, sculpting, and creating beautiful works of glass art to this day. Blank studied glass at the Rhode Island School of Design and spent the formative years of his career working for or alongside many other famous glass artists. He served as...
Contemporary art comes in many forms and mediums. American artist Karen LaMonte is well-known for her life-sized bronze and ceramic sculptures. Ann Wolff, a German artist, found herself immersed in glass artwork, as a founding member of the Studio Glass Movement. While glassblowing began in the first century B.C. during the establishment of the Roman...
Purchasing a piece of contemporary art is more than a way to beautify your home. With the right purchase, it can also be a smart way to make a long-term investment with your money that could even appreciate in value over time. Investing in glass art for sale is not the same as investing in...
The studio glass movement, which has blossomed into a rich and vast world of contemporary glass art made by extraordinary artists from around the world, first got its start in 1962 at the Toledo Museum of Art. Harvey Littleton, a ceramics professor, and Dominick Labino, a chemist and engineer, teamed up to conduct two workshops,...
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