Henry Halem

Henry Halem has been working in glass since 1968 and is one of the founders of the Glass Art Society as well as its first president. His work has been exhibited throughout the world and found in many major private and museum collections including: The Corning Museum of Glass, Cleveland Museum of Art, The Philadelphia Museum of Fine Art, the Hokkaido Museum in Sapporo, Japan, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, and the Toledo Museum of Art, and the Umprum Museum in Prague. Halem is a fellow of the ACC and an honorary life member of the Glass Art Society as well as having received their prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award.

No, I'm not going to give you my life story such as, born, raised, did this, did that, yadda, yadda, yadda. Now if I had written many books and won many prizes it might be interesting but alas I've written only one book, won a few prizes, received a few awards and met the usual suspects. Nothing that would stop you in your tracks. On the other hand it is a bit more interesting than that, as in, I taught glass for 30 years and worked with glass for over 40 years. My that's a long time, but during that time learned the nuts and bolts, ins and outs, ups and downs, and a lot of other tools of the trade. So what is it that I can write here that would make you want to buy my book? Okay, here it is: My book Glass Notes is a compilation of what I know and what other experts in the field of glass know about many of the technical aspects of hot glass and the hot glass studio. And best of all we're willing to share it.