Nicholas Kekic

Nicholas Kekic was born in Canandaiga, NY in 1972 into a glassmaking family. His grandfather worked at an industrial glass making facility for 42 years and his father was an artist, teacher and craftsman who helped start the glass program at Rochester Institute of Technology during the 60s. His rich heritage led him to begin experimenting with glass at an early age. He now creates colorful and functional objects such as cups, vases, and bowls which present a modern decor brodcasting lively colors such as ruby orange, saffron, lime, emerald green and turquoise. Furthermore, his glass exposes a handmade creative expression that adds warmth, color and a human touch to the industrialized world.

"Glassblowing for me has become a process of taking this super hot liquid and freezing it to room temperature in a controlled but sometimes precarious balancing act of heat, gravity, timing and human intervention."

Nick attended the Penland School of Crafts in NC where he took a glassblowing class and discovered the importance of the creative process which brings objects to life. Through practicing his newly learned techniques, Kekic explored relationships with light, fluidity and color. "It was there that I developed a new relationship with glass, one where I begin to discover the value of finely crafted handmade things, not only as useful and beautiful objects, but valuable for the joy one gets in making them," Nick says.

He and his wife, Tamasin, opened Tsuga Studios in
Chester, VT in 2000, where he continues to create and
display his glassworks