Art Glass by Michael Amis & Jon Wolfe

KOG Hot Glass Studio

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Artist Info:

Established in 1998, a division of Kokomo Opalescent Glass Co., the purpose of the KOG Hot Glass Studio is to produce a unique range of quality hand blown glass using the world famous Kokomo Opalescent glass.

The KOG Hot Glass Studio offers one of a kind and limited edition functional and sculptural glass objects designed and created by artists Jon M. Wolfe and Michael J. Amis. Wolfe and Amis are both independent studio glass artists who have exhibited their art internationally.

Michael James Amis, Assistant Director Hot Glass Studio
Born in 1971 in Kent, England, Michael was drawn towards design at a young age. In 1989 he received his diploma in Product Design from the Kent Institute of Art and Design. Then it was on to Wolverhampton University where he discovered his affinity for glass blowing and love of the craft.

The graduate program at Illinois State University brought Michael to the United States. In May of 1998, Michael received his Master of Fine Arts degree from Illinois State University. In September he began building the hot shop he designed for Kokomo Opalescent Glass. In January, the furnaces were lit.

Currently, Michael is designing and creating a unique collection of functional hand blown glass objects for the KOG Hot Glass Studio.

Jon M. Wolfe, Director Hot Glass Studio

1997	Visiting Assistant Professor of Art University of Illinois Glass Program
1994-98	Glass Working Instructor Parkland College, Champaign, Illinois
1985-89	Visiting Assistant Professor of Art University of Illinois, Urbana
Museum Collections: Smithsonian Museum, Washington, DC Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI Wheaton Museum of American Glass, Millville, NJ Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL Yokohama City Museum, Yokohama, Japan

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