Park City GlassFX
by Michael Steadman
Michael has a passion for working with glass. He has created many unique artworks as well as utilitarian items made from glass. He has blown knobs for kitchen cabinets, made custom chandeliers and created complex sculptural installations. Michael is up to the challenge of taking your ideas and making them work. Dream a little, Michael will do the rest.

Michael has built his own glass studio and is happiest when he is in it creating. It is especially satisfying to be in the hot shop when there is over five feet of snow outside.

Michael blows, fuses and slumps glass. He often combines glass elements with wood or steel to create his unique art.

Multiple blown glass elements on a carved wooden base

For this piece Michael blew a dozen flame like spires of glass and put them on a horizontal carved wooden base.

The pieces below are two of Michael's beautiful wall mounted glass and steel art objects. The design is based on the traditional sconce.

In 2005 Michael was selected to decorate a life size moose as part of the Moose on the Loose charity benefit auction. Michael used hundreds of tiles to create a mosaic moose called "Sadie". The winning bidder commissioned Michael to create a unique environment using his glass skills for the moose's new home.

Using both glass and wood, Michael envisioned a "natural" habitat for Sadie. The result is a aquatic moose haven done in Michael's unique style.

"Sadie" the mosaic moose can be seen in her lush glass habitat in the lobby of the Central Rail building in the NoMa distric of Park City.

Morning Ray Cafe Sun Glass and Steel Wall Relief Sculpture

At times, Michael's many diverse talents are used on one project. The work he did for the Morning Ray Cafe is an excellent example of this. Not only did Michael lend his vast painting expertise to the project, he also designed and built a steel and glass sun to help make the main dining space of the cafe a warm, inviting and unique place to eat.

Michael has developed skills that allow him to combine various techniques. Just as he combines painting, glass and steel, he also combines the glass techniques he uses. The glass wash basin below was created using both fused and slumped glass techniques.

Other glass projects that Michael has worked on included creating glass cabinet and drawer pulls as seen to the left.

Michael created over two dozen onyx glass knobs to help give his clients a one of a kind kitchen.

Michael is a very versatile artist capable of doing a wide variety of projects to fit many tastes and styles. Feel free to contact Michael if you are interested in having him do a project for you.