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Image: Paperweight. Sylvia Vigiletti, maker. CMoG 79.4.138

Gail Bardhan's article "Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Women Working with Glass" (2012), offers excellent background information on the early women pioneers of glass art. This article mentions artists like Madame Nora, Matilda Ledig, and Jaroslava Brychtová. It is a great place to start when searching for women in the earliest days of studio glass.

"There at the Beginning: Early Studio Glass from the Parkman Collection," a 2017 CMoG blog post, features four women who were early studio glass artists:

You might also find the "Masters of Studio Glass: Toots Zynsky" exhibition page and the "Masters of Studio Glass: Toots Zynsky" video on the CMoG website of interest.

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The following include additional information and perspectives on women in the early studio glass movement.

Kohler's book features the following women glass artists who were active in the 1960s:

  • Zynsky, Toots. "Women Who Helped Pave the Way." The Glass Art Society Journal (2012): 52.

​Zynsky discusses the influence of the following women glass artists on her work:

 

More extensive lists of resources on these and other artists as well as on the studio glass movement in general are available upon request. Contact us via Ask a Glass Question (https://libanswers.cmog.org/) or by email (rakow@cmog.org) or phone (607-438-5300).

 

 

 

 

 

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