Employing techniques used by artisans for more than 2,000 years, works are fashioned from molten crystals heated to 2000 degrees Fahrenheit. A four-foot hollow iron tube is dipped into the molten glass. Artists blow through the tube to create shapes. The hot glass can also be squeezed, stretched, twirled and cut. Like their ancient counterparts, the Boyers add gold, copper, cobalt or other metallic compounds to the glass to create the desired colors.
Colors can be soft and delicate or bright and bold jewel tones.
Harry and Kathleen both hail from Ohio. The two met while studying at Bowling Green State University. Harry studied sculpture and glass under Dominic Labino, one of the founders of the American Glass movement. Kathleen studied fine art and graduated with a bachelor's degree in floriculture from Ohio State University. In 1975, the couple opened their first art studio in the Toledo area.