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Functional

Rick and Janet Nicholson were trained in glass at the University of Southern California and the Philchuck School. Their dedication to glassblowing is evident in the excellent quality, creativity, and innovation shown in their work. Each piece is a free-hand expression of the excitement and risk-taking found only in the small, experimental glass studio. In 2004, the Nicholsons celebrated 25 years together as Nicholson Blown Glass. Their glass is represented nationally and internationally in galleries and in private corporate collections. ...heat tolerance, muscle strength and a sense of rhythm are an integral part of glassblowing. Indeed, while shaping the molten glass at the workbench by using multiple layers of wet newspaper as mitts, he nods his head as if listening to music, twirling the blowpipe, his face dripping with sweat as he peers grimly through the heat waves emanating from the hollow ball... 'You just have to follow the trail,' Rick says, 'and see where you go,' Sierra Heritage Magazine