FireMonkey Glass

FireMonkey Glass is the creative glass outpouring

of Marshall Hyde (that's me!). I am a mixed-media artist

working primarily in glass since 1990, exploring a variety

of techniques and processes including: glass blowing, flame

working, engraving, cold working, casting & pate de verre,

kiln forming and vitreography (printing from glass plates).

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I have been invited to teach workshops at conferences in the

US and UK, at The Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass,

and to be a teaching assistant (TA) at the Pilchuck Glass

School. I have had the great honor to meet and work with

some of the finest glass artists in the world as a student,

TA and co-instructor, and to call them my friends.

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My work ranges in scale from small beads, to sculpture, to

large scale public art projects in the UK, made in collaboration

with British artist Jaqueline Cooley. In 2009, I was a co-

presenters at the Bullseye Conference in Portland, Oregon,

and I was a co-chair of the 39th Annual Glass Arts Society

Conference in Corning, New York, my adopted hometown.

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I was married for many years to the wonderful artist, glass maker and educator Caitlin Hyde. Her generosity and creative influence on my work is immeasurable, and I am forever grateful to her. We remain dear friends.

 

For the last few years I was the executive director of an orchestra in the Corning area, with little time for making my own art in glass or any other medium. As much as I loved the orchestra, I am now re-establishing my studio and plan to make art & glass full time.

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I hope you will join me as I embark on my "second act" in a lifetime of art.