Judy Hallisy
Judy Nye Hallisy is a Saugatuck, Michigan glass artist. With her blowing partner Eli Zilke she creates a multitude of cane and millefiori that they incorporate into large hot-worked blown glass vases. Both studied with Jerry Catania at Water Street Glassworks in Benton Harbor, Michigan. In these pieces she combines her passion for gardening with her love of color.
Melanie Leppla
Vermont artist Melanie Leppla has been working professionally with glass since graduating from Rochester Institute of Technology with a BFA in 1986. Inspired by Japanese lanterns, her work is included in the Museum of American Craft and the Museum of American Glass.