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The Little Monsters! A fun, playful series of sculptures that explore human emotions like anxiety, fear, hope, and perseverance in my distinct style and colorful lens. Collected around the world, these pieces speak to universal experiences with humor and heart.

Hearthstone is a one-of-a-kind piece made of handblown glass.

Approx. 14" wide.

About the Artist: 

Austin Stern was born in Palo Alto, CA in 1989 and is a visual artist working primarily with glass in Tacoma Washington. Stern began blowing glass at the age of 14 at Palo Alto High school and after earning a BFA in glassblowing in 2013 from Emporia State University in Kansas, Stern moved to Seattle to continue working with glass and to establish an arts practice of his own.

Since moving to the Pacific Northwest in 2013 Stern has worked with an array of notable glass artists, taught glassblowing workshops both nationally and internationally, and exhibited works in Sweden, Denmark, Thailand, South Korea and the United States. Stern’s work is in private collections around the world, and in the permanent collections of The Corning Museum of Glass, The Fort Wayne Museum of Art, The Bangkok Glass Company, and the Samcheok City Public Art Collection in South Korea.