Arctic Sky II, 1991

Blown glass; 22.2 x 73.8 cm

Helen and David Kangesser Collection

After working as a graphic and industrial designer in the 1950s, Myers (1934 - ) graduated from Alfred University in New York in 1963 with a degree in ceramics. He had some exposure to glassblowing at Alfred. The year he graduated he went to work for the Blenko Glass Company in West Virginia, where he was allowed to experiment with glass and eventually became a skilled glassblower. In 1970 he established a program in glass at Illinois State University.