I was reading AD one day, which I subscribe to, and saw one of the most beautiful art pieces, in a way feminine, which I immediately thought “wow this guy is an artist, and he will do well”. One can only see his art to realize how important it is to use the imagination, and apply it to a home, foyer, garden or office. Sometimes dreams or ideas can inspire us. He says “I really don’t even think about process until I have a drawing and I think ‘I want to make that.’” This should be inspiration enough to follow through with a piece.

Quoted from Arch Digest magazine, June 19, 2016. “In a way, glass artist John Hogan was born into the craft. Raised in Toledo, Ohio, where scientist and inventor Dominick Labino made some of the first decorative glass in the U.S., Hogan grew up captivated by the process. After observing glasswork at a hot shop next to his childhood home, Hogan formally took up the craft at the age of 15, enrolling in the Toledo museum’s glass program. Since then, his studies have taken him from Bowling Green University to the Czech Republic and Niijima, Japan, to observe both countries’ specific processes. Hogan currently shows his work at Curtis Steiner gallery in Seattle; the city, he says “has become a mecca for glassmaking, second only to the Czech Republic.” Here, Hogan has managed to carve out a unique niche for himself, employing a range of techniques to produce stunning, prismatic objets”.

The original article can be found at this link: https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/john-hogan-glass-art

John Hogan’s art pieces can be found here on his blog, where he describes his creativity: https://www.thefutureperfect.com/made-by/designer/john-hogan/