In the 26 years since Edward Schmid was first "bitten by the glass bug," he has explored the medium of hot glass from funk to functional and has found that his inspiration lays in the history of glass-making and the immediacy of the medium. For him, the sculptural possibilities hot glass offers are infinite and inexhaustible.

Ed received his Masters in Fine Arts Degree in 1990 from The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH. He is committed to education and learning. Ed and his wife Elena spend nearly half of their year teaching classes and workshops in glassmaking at home and in colleges, universities and private studios worldwide. The other half of the year they devote to developing new work, writing projects and raising their two young children in the scenic Pacific Northwest.

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