Nourot Glass Studio Contemporary Glass
Founding partner, Michael Nourot, was one of the original 16 students at the acclaimed Pilchuck Glass School during the summer and winter of 1971. Nourot founded his studio in 1973 after returning from an apprenticeship at the famed Venini Factory on the island of Murano near Venice, Italy. The 1973 studio actually began in a small space in Ghiardelli Square in San Francisco, and moved in 1974 to the small quaint town of Benicia, CA. Nourot is a graduate of the California College of Arts and Crafts.
Textile Designer, Ann Corcoran is another graduate of the California College of Arts and Crafts. She is married to Michael Nourot and a partner in Nourot Glass Studio. She received her A.A.S degree from Rochester Institute of Technology’s School for American Craftsmen and is known for the vivid patterns and designs in her glass.
David Lindsay came to the Nourot Gallery and apprenticed with Nourot for many years and in 1982 became a partner. He is largely self-taught and is spectacularly skilled at delicate Venetian technique as well as in the production of deeply layered paperweights.
Few, very few, of Nourot, Corcoran and Lindsay’s contemporaries enjoy working for such varied and luminary clients as pope John Paul II, First Lady Hillary Clinton and the Bechtel Corporation.
A leader in the contemporary glass field, Nourot Glass Studio is the subject of a short feature for television by Santa Monica filmmaker, Ken Grimes, entitled “Alchemy and Light.” As the studio enters its third decade, new forms of expression are being explored in art glass. Whether blown, blasted, painted, cast or fabricated, the custom works for the current year follow new paths.