Blodgett Glass Bud Vase Large

Buzz Blodgett, the man behind Blodgett Glass has been blowing glass since 1969, coming from a family of artists it's only natural that he became one himself. The family glassblowing studio is alive and well flourishing in the small coastal beach community of Leucadia along the southern California coast of Encinitas. Blodgett Glass has produced many lines of glass art starting with the "Music In Glass" line of bells and windchimes (1972-1982) followed by "Bubble Lites" (1975), "Space Lites" (1977) and "Sea Foam (1981). These lines were continually refined over the years into what we have today. 

In 1978 an important Swedish influence was discovered. Buzz learned many new techniques from the Swedish glassblower and currently uses them in many of his glass creations. He says, “I was always impressed with the frozen liquidity of glass, which seemed to mesh with my love for the ocean and surfing.” In 1987 he took over the operation of Blodgett Glass preceded by his father. 

He has had exhibitions at the Corning Museum and has exhibited his glass in galleries in Seattle, California and New York since 1975. All his glass is handmade using the same methods utilized since ancient times and it is signed and dated.