About Sally

Sally Prasch
P.O. Box 428
Montague, MA 01351
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Sally Prasch is perhaps the perfect blend of advanced technical skill and intuitive creativity. Her background is in both scientific glassblowing and fine art. She began her career at the age of 13, with Lloyd Moore working as a part-time apprentice at the University of Nebraska and later as a Glassblowing Instructor for the City of Lincoln Recreation Department. She took workshops from some of the best glassblowers of the time, including William Bernstein, Ray Schultz, and Lino Tagliapietra.

Sally attended the University of Kansas from 1977 to 1980 and received a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Art in Glass (Furnace glassblowing) and Ceramics. After college Sally worked in a hot shop and started her glass art business that is still active today. Sally started attending the Glass Art Society Conferences in 1978 and continues to participate by giving demonstrations and by serving on the Glass Art Society Advisory Board. In 1985, Prasch received her Certificate in Scientific Glass Technology from Salem College in New Jersey. Soon afterwards, she obtained a position with AT&T doing large quartz work for the semiconductor industry.

Sally continued her studies and, in 1986, received a degree in Applied Science from Salem College. Later that year she got a job as a Scientific Glassblower and Glass Instructor at the University of Massachusetts where she taught scientific glassblowing and the properties of glass to graduate students in Chemistry and Physics. She has been a member of the American Scientific Glassblowers Society and has participated in seminars on such subjects like Vacuum Technology, Quartz technology, and Glass Sealing.

She soon began to receive recognition for her artistic work and was selected for the Corning New Glass Review in 1993.

Sally Prasch's current work is characterized by the combination of her technical skills and a strong art esthetic. She places other-worldly figures in glowing globes filled with rare gasses and constructs portraits of friends from broken shards picked out of the glass trash barrels. One item she is well known for are goblets made with coiled stems so that they bounce when handled. Her latest work incorporates cast bronze with glass.

Perhaps Prasch’s greatest fulfillment comes from teaching. She has taught flameworking workshops at Urban Glass in New York City, at the famous Niijima Glass School in Japan; Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA; Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC; Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA; Grove Gas & Light Co, University of CA, San Diego, CA; Ingalena Klenell’s Studio, Sweden and many more.

Work History

• 2016-2025 Scientific Glassblower and Instructor; University of MA/Amherst, Amherst, MA
• 2020-2023 Scientific Glassblower and Glass Instructor, University of VT, Burlington, VT
• 1977-2025 Owner of Prasch Glass
• 2005-2019 Scientific Glassblower and Instructor (CHE 533); Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
• 1986-95 Scientific Glassblower and Glass Instructor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
• 1985-86 Scientific Glassblower, AT&T, Lee’s Sumit, MO
• 1982-84 Independent Glassblower, Worcester, MA
• 1981-82 Glassblower, Cureil Glass Studio, Omaha, NE Assistant Scientific Glassblower for Lloyd Moore, University of Nebraska
• 1970-77 Apprentice Scientific Glassblower and Teaching Assistant for Lloyd Moore, University of Nebraska Lincoln NE

Education

• 2006-11 Graduate sculpture classes with Mary Giehl, Syracuse Universiy, Syracuse, NY
• 1997: Workshop in Advanced Flameworking with Cesae Toffolo Rossit, The Studio, Corning, NY
• 1996: Computer Training Courses for Small Businesses, Amherst, MA
• 1985-2020: Seminars through the American Scientific Glassblowers Society: Small Business, Vacuum Technology, Fire & Explosion Hazards, Quartz Technology, Glass Sealing
• 1994: Workshop in Copper Wheel Engraving with Harold Gross, Studio Access, Corning, NY
• 1993: Workshop in Advanced Flameworking with Cesae Toffolo Rossit, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA
• 1986: Associate Degree in Applied Science, Salem College, Carney’s Point, NJ
• 1985: Certificate in Scientific Glass Technology, Salem College, Carney’s Point, NJ
• 1982: Workshop in Glass with Finn Lingaard and Carl Powel, Pilchuck, Seattle, WA
• 1980: Bachelor of Fine Arts, (Glass and Ceramics), University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
• 1979: Workshop with Lino Tagliapietra, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA
• 1977: Courses in glass with Ray Schultz, Kearney State College, Kearney, NE
• 1976: Workshop in glass with William Bernstein, Naple Mills School, Naples, NY
• 1970-76: Part-time Apprentice, Lloyd Moore, University of Nebraska

Awards

• 2022: Award of Excellence - For Extraordinary Contributions in Scientific and Artistic Glass
• 2019: Appriciatioin of Dedicated Service as Symposium Co-Chair
• Full Scholarship to attend The Studio, Corning, NY
• 2002:Helmut E. Drechsel Achievemnt Award
• 1993: Full Scholarship to attend Pilchuck Glass School, Pilchuck, WA
• 1992: Corning for New Glass Review
• 1988: Corning International Glass Music for Outstanding Performance
• Kimble Award for Excellence in Glassblowing

Teaching and Lectures

• 1991 - 2025 - Glass Instructor - University of Massachusetts/Amherst
• 2002 -2025: Flameworking Instructor, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA
• 1992-2023: Lampwork Instructor, Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY
• 2022 - Lecture and Demonstrate - Featured Artist - International Flameworking Conference, Salem Community College, Penns Grove, NJ
• 2021 - Zoom - Demonstrate - Glass Denizili Bienali, Turkey
• 2021- Zoom - Lecture and Demonstrate - Creators & Makers - International Society of Glass Beadmakers
• 2020 - The Art, Science and Sound of Glass - Dowd Gallery, SUNY, Cortland, NY
• 2005 - 2019 - Scientific Glassblowing Instructor (CHE 533), Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
• 2001-2019: Flameworking Instructor; Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
• 2018: Scientific Glassblowing Instructor: University of Montana/Western, Dillon, MT
• 2017: Keynote address, International Glass Bead Society
• 2017: Demonstrate, Glass Art Society
• 2013 - 2015: Glass Instructor, Demo, Denizli Turkie
• 2012: Co-Chair for the International Scientific Glassblowers Exhibition, Corning, NY
• 2011: Glass Instructor, Demo, Kobe and Tokyo, Japan
• 1991-2022: Glass Instructor, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
• 1991: Exhibits Chair for the Thirty - sixth Symposium and Exhibition on the Art of Scientific Glassblowing
• 2001-2017: National Bottle Museum, Ballston Spa, NY
• 1999-2022: Flameworking Instructor, Salem Community College, Carney’s Point, NJ
• 1995-2022: Flameworking and Neon Instructor, Penland School of Crafts, NC
• 1997-2010: Flameworking Instructor, Worcester Craft Center, Worcester, MA
• 2005: Flameworking Instructor; Ingalena Klenell's Studio; Sweden
• 2004: Workshop Chair, Forty-ninth Annual Symposium on the Art of Scientific Glassblowing
• 2008: Glass Art Society Portland Conference, demo
• 2001-2002: Flameworking Instructor Horizons to Go Program, Tuscany, Italy and Ireland
• 2000: Post Conference Workshop, Urban Glass, NY
• 1999: Exhibits Chair, The Forty-fourth Annual Symposium on the Art of Scientific Glassblowing
• 1999-2002: Flameworking Instructor, Grove Gas & Light Co at the University of California, San Diego, CA Glass Instructor
• 1998-2002: Flameworking Instructor, Public Glass, San Francisco, CA
• 1995-2001: Flameworking Instructor, University of Michigan, Dearborn
• 1998-2002: Demonstrate for the Society of Glass Beadmakers, Corning, NY & Alexandra, VA Pre Conference Workshop, Hands on Glass Studio, Corning, NY
• 1992-2001: Flameworking Instructor, Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY
• 1998: Flameworking Instructor, Peacock Rose Glass Studio, San Francisco, CA
• 1998: Glass Art Society, demonstrate during conference and post conference workshop, Seto, Japan
• 1996-1997: Resident Flamework, Instructor, The Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
• 1996: Flameworking Chair of the Glass Art Society Conference, Set up 10 Workshops, and 30 Demonstrations
• 1995: Flameworking Instructor, Niijima Glass Center, Japan
• 1994: Technical Poster "Pilchuck Glass/Venetian Stemware" The Thirty-ninth Symposium on the Art of Scientific Glassblowing
• 1973-1982: Flameworking Instructor, City of Lincoln Recreation Department, Lincoln, NE