About the Artist
Glass artist, sculptor and photographer Eric Bladholm got his start in glass and art early. At age 11, his older sister Sharon taught him how to make stained and leaded glass, which he pursued until his first year of college, where Eric discovered the art of glass blowing. After completing his BFA in fine art and glass at California College of Arts and Crafts, and a season in Europe working with several renown glass masters, Eric returned to Chicago to meet the challenges of building a studio of his own.The glass created at Chicago Glassworks is all made by the artist himself. The colors and textures of nature are the departure point for many of Eric’s inovative explorations with hand blown glass.
