Neil Drobnis

Inspired by nature and Ancient artifacts, he creates glass sculpture in an exciting combination of the cast and blown glass techniques. Neal reinterprets a tradition of glass forming used by the Romans over three thousand years ago.

Neal carves and assembles templates which he then presses into sand to create a mold. Molten glass is next blown into the mold. The piece is cooled and the loose sand is removed leaving a wonderful grandular texture. He completes the process by reshaping the piece from the original mold with additional blowing to produce a contrast between the smooth shiny finish on the upper portion of the finished work with the sand cast base.

Neal received his BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and an MFA from Rhode Island School of Design. His work is present in numerous public and private collections and is shown in galleries through out the world.