Nina "Sam" Hibler is a full time glass artist and the flameworking Sr. Instructor for
Wired Designs Studio and the Southwest School of Arts and Craft in San Antonio,
Her education and experience is multifaceted. Sam majored in both art and biology
receiving a Bachelor of Science from Stephen F. Austin. When she is working she
draws on her knowledge as an artist, silver smith and scientist. Chemistry and
physics are very helpful when melting glass. Sam's inspiration comes from nature,
which can be organic, vibrant, ordered or chaotic. Movement, color and depth are
very important to her in all her work. Glass is the perfect medium for Sam.
Flameworking glass allows her to incorporate intricate, fluid details into her work.
Working with glass she is able to capture movement and freeze it with the torch.
Professional Affiliations:
Past President of the Society of Artisan Lampworkers in San Antonio (SALSA)
ISGB member and South Region Director
San Antonio Glass Art Guild.
Juried Shows:
2009 Perspectives: Traditions and Innovations in Glass Beads
An international juried exhibition of contemporary glass beads
Currents: Merging Culture and Creativity Bead Show 2008 Bead Inspirations in
Alameda CA
Out of the Box: Pushing the Boundaries of the Glass Bead traveling exhibit 2008
Texas Country Reporter Festival 2007, Waxahachie, Texas
Metamorphosis: The Life Cycle of a Bead, bead and jewelry exhibition 2007.
ISGB Fire and Ice Bead Show,The Bead Monkey 2007, St. Paul Minnesota
Jewelry/Wearable Art/Glass,Evoke Gallery 2007,St. Paul, Minnesota
ISGB Bead Show, Asthetica Gallery 2006 .Kansas City,Missouri
Publications
The Glass Bead Vol XVI/ Issue 4/ Fall 09
Scene in SA August 2009 : Artist of the Month
The Glass Bead Vol XVI /issue 3 / Summer 09
The Beader's Handbook on Lampwork by Debby Gwaltney
2009 Wet Canvas Glass Artist Calendar
Fall 2008 Profitable Glass Volume II* No. 3 ISGB News Thinking Out of the Box
2008 Wet Canvas Glass Artist Calendar
2nd annual “Women in Glass” issue of Flow Magazine 2006.
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