About this episode

The episode explores Laura Donefer's innovative Glass Fashion Show and its impact on the glass art community.

Laura Donefer is known for artwork that pushes boundaries by exploring memory, assault, bereavement, joy and madness. Celebrated for her innovative, colorful blown glass and flameworked Amulet Baskets , the artist has been using glass as the primary medium in her work for over 40 years, all while teaching, promoting the glass arts worldwide, and producing her unforgettable Glass Fashion Show (GFS). Donefer has produced 15 of her extraordinary fashion shows, many for the Glass Art Society (GAS). In fact, at GAS Murano 2018, her remarkable and ground-breaking event included 33 glass costumes worn by models as they glided past thrilled onlookers through the canals of Murano, Italy. Award-winning documentary filmmaker David Marshall of Blue Sky Projects Films has undertaken a years-long documentary project dedicated to capturing both the history of Donefer's GFS and the work artists are undertaking to present a captivating and memorable show at GAS's June 2026 conference to be held at the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York. Writes Donefer's assistant and GFS participating artist, Jennifer Hand: "Ten years ago this June, Rik Allen stepped onto a catwalk at the Corning Museum…

People in this episode

Host: Shawn Waggoner

Topics covered

• glass art
• fashion show
• documentary
• artistic expression
• community

Keywords

• Laura Donefer
• Glass Fashion Show
• David Marshall
• glass art
• Murano
• Corning Museum of Glass
• artistic community

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Glass Art Society

Books & works: Amulet Baskets, Major Tom

Places: Murano, Italy, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York

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