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Josh Simpson Contemporary Glass | 413.625.6145 | joshsimpsonglass.com | September 2, 2025

NEW, LIMITED SERIES:

Corona-II Vases!

One day in June, on perhaps the last blowing day of the 2024-25 season, Josh decided to experiment with another new idea. As Tucker and Zak fed a gather of molten Corona glass through the glass-roller, Josh picked up the resulting hot wafer and wrapped it directly onto a molten vase - made of clear, black, or New Mexico glass - while it was still on the pipe. Coming into contact with a different molten material caused the Corona to transform in dramatic and unexpected ways, creating patterns that are distinctly different from "normal" Corona Glass patterns.

Corona-II Vases

All the Corona glass in this series originated from the same formula, and the resulting effects are amazingly diverse!

NOTE: The "Corona-II" designation means that the glass is being used not in its original molten form, but instead in a second incarnation.

ALL VASES

REMEMBER: Josh and his partner Martin Bermudez, of Skyeports, LLC, will present the results of their Phase I findings on Lunar Glass Structures at the 2025 NIAC Symposium.

Learn more on our web page.

Watch the livestream: September 11 at 1:30 P.M.

STUDIO SALE: IMPORTANT NOTE

Many of you have been asking about our traditional every-other-year studio sale and demonstration that has usually taken place in early November. Unfortunately, Josh will be traveling in Europe during this period of time this year. So, there will be no studio sale in 2025. We are working on figuring out an alternate date in 2026.

In the meantime, keep an eye out for random online specials, starting October 1, 2025!

END OF SUMMER BARN CLEANOUT

Josh has decided he no longer needs to save the vast assortment of steel blocks, sheets, columns, gears, coin sorting mechanisms, and machine tools he has accumulated over the decades. All of those rando hunks and chunks that might have come in handy some day? Nearly everything has been donated to a scrap dealer.

Huge thanks to Kirk Broga, Tucker Litchfield, and Steve Wrisley for sorting and removing the giant collection of metal. Gratitude (begrudging) also to Sue Reed for saying, "Wait! Wait! We should keep some of that stuff to remember and celebrate Josh's amazing history in this ancient barn!"

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