All About Eve

Bermuda Series Pendant $185 approx 3 1/2" x 2 "

Eve Passeltiner handcrafts her glass art in her Vermont Studio

Eve Passeltiner has been traveling since she was three weeks old; making and selling art since she was six years old; and studying science since she was ten. The more Eve learns about kiln-formed glass, both the art and the science behind it, the more she realizes that it is the perfect medium for her to fulfill her love of working creatively with her hands.

First introduced to glass as a medium (in the form of stained glass) while she was the founding director of The Moab Arts & Recreation Center in Utah, it was not until Eve was on vacation in Bermuda that she discovered kiln-formed glass. In just one day she produced her first line of work: a series of one-of-a-kind fused glass art pendants inspired by the brightly colored cottages on the island. Back home a woman bought one of the 'Bermuda pendants' Eve was wearing and the dream of her own cottage industry was born.

Given a kiln for her birthday, Eve continued to teach herself how to create kiln-formed glass, focusing on work for the home and table. "Before moving to Vermont, I lived in Moab, Utah where the landscape is filled with movement and rich color. I strive to capture that subtle dynamic in my glass art." Her childhood in New York City, travels around the world and fascination with Native American jewelry and weavings have also influenced her designs.

Eve has taken classes with master glass artists Johnathon Schmuck, Jaqueline Cooley and Jo Newman at The Studio at The Corning Museum of Glass and with Martin Kremer at Worcester Center for Craft. In addition, she studied sculpture at The Arts Students League of New York, ceramics at the Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center in Maui; and textile arts with many individual artisans.