Paul J. Stankard, is a master glass artist and widely considered the greatest living master in the art of the paperweight world.Internationally acclaimed as a pioneer and leader in the world of contemporary studio glass, Stankard has been working tiny miracles into glass for more than thirty years.Best known for transforming the traditional paperweight into a microcosm of exquisite natural beauty suspended in crystal, Stankard crafts fine art that illuminates his intimate and spiritual response to nature through glass.
Stankard’s work has been widely exhibited and is featured as fine art in public exhibitions at more than 40 prestigious museums around the world, including the Art Institute of Chicago, Boston Fine Arts Museum, GlasMuseum (Denmark), Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art (Japan), Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museé des Arts Decoratif at the Palais du Louvre (Paris), the National Museum of American Arts at The Smithsonian Institute and the Victoria & Albert Museum (London), among others.
Working with four assistants (including three of his five children) at his studio in Mantua, New Jersey, Stankard continues to create fine art paperweights and glass sculptures that illuminate the beauty of nature through glass.
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