Ann Morhauser

Ann Morhauser
Born1957 (age 67–68)
Camden, New Jersey, U.S.
Alma materCalifornia College of the Arts
Known forHandmade glass art
Websiteannieglass.com

Ann Morhauser (also known as Annie Morhauser, born 1957)[1] is an American glass artist based in California. She is the founder of Annieglass, a glassware, tableware and glass sculpture company.[2][3] Her work is held in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.[1][4] In 2022, she was recognized as the Santa Cruz County Artist of the Year.

Early life and education

Morhauser was born in Camden, New Jersey.[1] Raised in Collingswood, New Jersey, She attended Paul VI High School.[5] She studied glassmaking and graduated from California College of the Arts in 1979.[6]

Career

Artistic work

After graduation, Morhauser started her career making and selling glass plates at craft fairs and museum shops. Later, she worked in a glass gallery in California.[7]

Morhauser started Annieglass, a glassware, tableware and glass sculpture company in 1983 in Santa Cruz, California, and then moved her headquarters to Watsonville in 1996.[6] She hand-crafts her pieces[8] and utilizes a technique called slumped glass to mold the pieces. She applies gold, color, or platinum to glass and fires it in a ceramic kiln over a ceramic mold. The heat and gravity make the precious metals or color fuse to the glass as well as making the glass slump into the mold.[4] She has received a patent and FDA approval for this technique. She also has a technique to fuse recycled glass together and shape it with a waterjet, for which she has applied for a patent.[7][9][10]

Some of her pieces have also displayed at the Corning Museum of Glass in New York[11][12]

Public collections

Morhauser’s artworks are a part of the Luce Foundation Collection of American Craft, an exhibit assembled for the study of American folk artists and contemporary craft, at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.[7]

Awards

In 2022, Morhauser was recognized as the Artist of the Year by the Santa Cruz County Arts Commission.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Ann Morhauser". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  2. ^ Morhauser, Ann (March 16, 2013). "Ann Morhauser: Where do you think artists come from?". Santa Cruz Sentinel.
  3. ^ Fisher, Larry (February 25, 1990). "Style Makers". The New York Times. p. 42.
  4. ^ a b Colón, Brisa (23 October 2022). "Santa Cruz County recognizes a Watsonville glassblowing artist as its Artist of the Year". KSBW.
  5. ^ Smith, Eileen. "A touch of glass", Courier-Post, May 3, 1997. Accessed March 31, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "She was reared in Collingswood, the youngest of four children and the only girl. Her father managed the Ship Builder's Credit Union in Camden and her Italian mother managed the household. Her budding interest in art was nurtured at Transfiguration School in Collingswood, and later at Paul VI High School in Haddon Twp."
  6. ^ a b Green, Alisha (September 5, 2019). "Glass-Powered: How Annieglass Stays On The Cutting Edge". Silicon Valley Business Journal.
  7. ^ a b c Miazaki, Vinicius (10 December 2017). "The Glass Builder - A Story of Craftsmanship and artisanal Success". The Craftsmanship Initiative.
  8. ^ The founder of Annieglass took feedback about her company seriously. MSNBC (television news video). May 10, 2018.
  9. ^ Konstantinovsky, Michelle. "Designer Crush: Annie Morhauser". California Home+Design.
  10. ^ Chanprasith, Manivanh (March 28, 2010). "California glass artist hosting recipe contest downtown". The Vicksburg Post. Vicksburg, Mississippi. p. 21 – via Issuu.
  11. ^ Knight, Beverly (April 16, 2002). "Liven up your dining room table with Annie's glass Glass artist Ann Morhauser". Spartanburg Herald-Journal.
  12. ^ "New Glass Review 14" (PDF). Corning Museum of Glass. 1993. p. 49. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  13. ^ "Santa Cruz County: Artist of the Year, Annie Morhauser of Annieglass (film)". Santa Cruz County official website. October 22, 2022.