Fused Glass tableware by Sarah Hirneisen of Mediums to Masses added to Red Elephant Gallery

Mediums to Masses glass tableware is designed and handcrafted by Sarah Hirneisen in her California Studio. Sarah received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Rhode Island School of Design with a concentration in glass. She also studied at the Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass and the Rochester Institute of Technology. She has worked with glass for over 10 years for a variety of glass studios in Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, and California before opening her own glass studio in 2005.

Sarah combines her love of glass with that of textiles to create her unique line of tableware. Vintage fabric patterns are hand silk-screened onto each glass piece using ground up glass enamel in a multi-step process Sarah developed. The resulting works give the fabric patterns a second life while creating a juxtaposition of vintage with modern.

When we saw Sarah's work we knew we had to carry it at the Red Elephant Gallery. The Sushi set was what first caught my eye. It is such a fabulous shade of mint green it reminded me of the old (now considered retro) serving pieces my mother used to have.