Welcome to Hughes Glass Studio  /  Wildflower Sculptures in Glass

 

 

We are honored to be selected to be featured again in May's PBS NC's Art All Around.

 

Ronnie Hughes - Art All Around May 2023  click hyperlink

 

Hope you enjoy visiting us in our studio with them.  Enjoy the mountains' fall splender and come to our annual studio tour.

 

 

 Inside the Studio Magic

 ( click to view video )

 

 

 Tucked away in my studio near the Blue Ridge Parkway in the beautiful Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina,  I have made my blown glass wildflower sculptures for 45+ years.  This web site is intended to give you (my loyal and new collectors) better access to my newer glass flowers.  All sculptures are "for sale" but      all may not be currently available.  Visit our different glass galleries by clicking on the above photos.  You can also scroll down this page for lists --by year-- of our newest flowers & awards - ( page down ) 

 

Thanks for visiting... our site is loaded with flowers.  Hope you enjoy your stroll through my nature.

                                                                                                                                                   Ronnie Hughes

 

  

  

          Call (336) 359-2600   or   Contact Us  to get more details (i.e., sizes, prices.... ) of flower sculptures or custom work.   If link doesn't work,  type hughesglass@skybest.com,  in subject line " found your website".

   

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       Art Festival Beth-El 

 

 We are honored to be invited to show our wildflower sculptures in  this

     weekend:  Saturday evening January 28 through January 30. My one and

        only time my work will be in Florida.  Come and support this worthy cause.

 

       400 Pasadena Ave S  St. Petersburg, FL

 

           

 

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                We are happy and honored to be selected to participate in the Blue Ridge Heritage's Craft Trails here in NC.   In     this Pandemic year we understand the concerns everyone has.  We are open to the public now by appointment and with precautions of course.  Looking forward to meeting new glass lovers!

 

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      2022 Exhibition Schedule

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      Recent News/Honors

 

                     PBS Television Feature aired April 2016  - Filmed at my studio spring 2016

 

 

 

 

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""                           "Lola's Garden " $27,000  -  glass Quadtych  My third "modifiable sculpture"  (The garden grows on the right just by opening its four bases.  Two red Bee Balms crown the garden of yellow Japanese Irises and striking white Shooting Stars)  Don't miss the catydid in green perched on right!  Found its home in Ft. Worth area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recent commission "Birds of Paradise" for Longwood Garden's (Kennett Square, PA) Christmas Tree Display

 

                         

 

(Photos courtesy of Longwood Gardens)

 

   This process is freehand lampworking, using borosilicate colored and clear glass.

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                          Exhibitions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Liberty in Bloom" - A Glass Flower Show  

National Liberty Museum

-     Philadelphia, PA    Mar 4-Apr 29, 2012  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Inspiring Earth's Mysteries"    Focus Gallery - Folk Art Center

Asheville NC  August - November 2017 

 

"Taken by Heart, Given by Hand'    Wilkes Art Gallery

Wilkesboro NC  October 28 - December 23, 2016 

 

"Possibilities"    The Gallery - Ashe Arts Center

West Jefferson NC  February 20- March 20, 2015

      

"Lifeforms"   Merwin and Wakeley Galleries

 Chicago -Illinois Wesleyan U.  May 7- July 25, 2014

 

 

 

 

 

"Lifeforms"   National Liberty Museum

 Philadelphia, PA - Jan 17 - Apr 20, 2014

 

"Lifeforms"   Hodge Gallery - Pittsburg Glass Center

 Pittsburg, PA -  July 5- November 2014

 

"The Third Annual Studio Art Glass Exhibition"

  Jailhouse Gallery  Morganton, NC  Jun 2- Jul 11, 2014

 

"Born from the Hand"  Womble Carlyle Gallery

 Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts  Winston-Salem, NC    Mar 21- May 3, 2014

 

 

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      Display ideas from our collectors of our work:

 

      Bedroom Mantle   ...    Dining Room   ...   Summer Home Foyer Entry   ...   In Wall Display