by Sara Sally LaGrand
For artist Robert Carlson, meeting glass artist Tom Philabaum while he was working construction in Tucson, Arizona, in the 1970s led Carlson to a lifetime of creating glorious art in hot glass. During the last decade, the artist began a series of faces reverse-painted on glass bottles that includes The Twelve Apostles and Welcome to the 21st Century.
This article was originally published on page 4 of the September/October 2020 issue of Glass Art®.
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