In Tlingit culture, Raven a trickster brought light to the world. Artist Preston Singletary interprets and creates that story in glass, in his exhibition, “Preston Singletary: Raven and the Box of Daylight" on display at the Chrysler Museum of Art.
Just outside Nairobi, Anselm Croze's Kitengela Hot Glass has created not just a thriving business but also supports the local re-cycling industry. It's also Kenya's only glassblowing factory.
Glassblowing is a craft with a little over 2,000 years of history, beginning in Syria. Without it we wouldn’t have wine glasses or windows, let alone the works of art.