People say I am lucky and I am indeed. On my third day I had the chance and pleasure to meet Ana Thiel, a world class glass artist. Together with Jill (a friend I met during casting workshops) we got invited to her studio and home gallery. We were amazed with every single detail of Ana’s work. Contemporary mixed media pieces filled her entire gallery. Ana’s hospitality made the experience even better, she explained the process involved in each piece, showed every single corner of her massive studio filled with glass treasure.

Ana has exhibited all around the world and her work forms part of public and private collections in many countries. Among her numerous awards and recognitions she has twice been the recipient of a fellowship from the Mexican Council for the Arts; award given to artists of high merit and who have contributed significantly to culture. In 2006 she won First Prize at the Latin American Biennial of Art in Glass from the Museum of Glass and the National Council for the Arts in Mexico. Her work is also included in prestigious publications.Thiel has been invited as a resident artist by institutions worldwide: Aichi University of Education in Japan; Ohio State University in Columbus, OH and the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, WA, in the USA; the National Glass Foundation in Segovia, Spain; and most recently the Musée-Atelier du Verre in France. She has been invited as a working artist and lecturer at symposiums such as “Imagining the Book” in Alexandria, Egypt.

Please enjoy few captured pieces.

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