Nicolas Neese

Madison, Mississippi

Glass

Guild Member since 2024

During my Sophomore and Junior year of high school, I took glass blowing lessons from Mohawk Steel and Glass. I began working for Mohawk my Senior year and at that time I made the decision to major in glass. I am finishing my studies at the University of South Alabama this year with a Bachelor of Fine Art in Glass Concentration.

I took a class under Raven Skyriver, a sculpture glass artist at the Penland School of Craft. That is when I decided to focus my craft in glass sculptures. How my process comes together is deciding what piece I would like to create, by using reference photo to help me bring out the vision in my minds eye. Most of my inspiration comes from my passion about equatic life and I tend to focus my glass work around such.