Ruby Red Bowl with Amber Lip 6" x 6.5" $144	Jewel-tone Vases Ruby Red, Light Blue, Purple $114 ea. $75 ~ Purple
Jewel-tone Vases Ruby Red, Light Blue, Green $114 ea. $65 ~ Ruby Red

Rob Hynes

Born in Chicago in 1964, Rob Hynes began his career in the Culinary Arts. After attending Loyola University of Chicago for the three years, he earned an AOS in Culinary Art from Johnson and Wales University- Providence in 1988 and a BS in Foodservice Management at Kendall College, Evanston, Illinois (1989). At Kendall, while in pursuit of the degree, Hynes worked both as a Teaching Assistant and a Chef.

His life took a turn when he moved to the North Carolina Mountains in 1989. Following stints at one of Asheville's best restaurants, a bakery or two, and an "all-ages" nightclub, he became Head Chef at the Penland School of Handicrafts in 1990 where he worked until 1994. At Penland he was exposed to a variety of media and began experimenting in glass, paint, metals, and music.

Primarily self-taught in glass design and painting, Hynes worked as Katherine and William Bernstein's studio assistant from 1994 until 1998. He is currently building his own glass studio. Hynes' own work expresses his interest in the sensual qualities of the fiery and colorful medium of glass. In a recent collection titled the Landscape Beaker Series, the vessels seem to exist in a state between liquid and solid, between molten and cool.

In his own words, Hynes describes the process as, "…capturing the sensual phantasm of the hot medium, the chemistry. The finished piece then, is for the viewer to hold, observe, and enjoy at Earthly temperatures."

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