Whitney Cornforth
Whitney attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he earned a B.S. and M.S. in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering in 2001. It was at M.I.T. pursuing these engineering degrees that Whitney discovered glassblowing, and the course of his life was dramatically changed.

After graduating, Whitney decided to abandon Naval Architecture to follow his new found passion for glass. Since that time, he has worked full time as a glassblower working with and for many glass artists in the Boston area. Additionally Whitney has attended the Pilchuck Glass School and he was a teaching assistant for Kait Rhoads at the Pittsburgh Glass Center. All the while, Whitney has taken countless glass courses from visiting artists and instructors at M.I.T., where he has continually taught glassblowing at all levels.

Gorse Mill Studios
Gorse Mill Studios includes 33 work-only studio condominiums and a gallery. It is located in a quiet residential neighborhood and the property includes a huge wooded backyard area and ample parking for owners and visitors.

Fuller Craft Museum
Fuller Craft is committed to be both a community-focused museum and a museum of national and international note. The Museum’s ambitions include having the nation's most significant collection of craft, creating exhibitions that draw crowds from across the country and hosting events and workshops where patrons can literally touch the art.

January Glass
Caitlin D. Johnston's hope is to achieve a pure and subtle strength in my work, maintaining integrity and wholeness of form. And for the viewer to acknowledge the forms as being familiar but not immediately identifiable. She uses the variation in the translucency of cast glass to enhance the depth and strength of form. The forms are often reminiscent of objects, shapes, and patterns that are found in nature.

Amy Rueffert
Amy Rueffert earned her BFA from Massachusetts College of Art in 1998 and pursued independent study at Ohio State University. She received scholarships for additional study at the Pilchuck Glass School and the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. Amy has also been awarded the artist-in-residence positions at Cleveland Institute of Art and San Francisco's Public Glass. Amy participated in numerous group exhibitions in galleries across the country. She has also had solo exhibitions at Vetri International Glass and the Bubba-Mavis Gallery. Her work is included in the collection of the Corning Museum of Glass. She has taught at the Corning Museum of Glass and Public Glass, as well as being a teaching assistant at the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts and Pilchuck Glass School.

Julie Teninbaum
Designer of the Simple Syrup logo. Julie Teninbaum is a designer and art director who has been working in the field for more than 10 years. She has an affinity for clean, crisp layouts, bold typography, and for design with a sense of humor. She recently earned her Masters Degree in Graphic Design from Yale where her thesis dealt with blowing things out of proportion (graphically, not emotionally.) She is currently living in New York City.

Rick Pickford
In 1997 Rick Pickford started Widgetpix Studios specializing in Studio and location photography of products and people for advertising and corporate clients. In 2004 he shot his first feature length film (The Present, a science fiction thriller) for Purple Crayon Productions. Rick's photographs appear in corporate brochures, annual reports, electronic promotions, national and trade magazines, and regional and national advertising campaigns. As an Industrial Artist Rick has created many creative solutions to put the best face on the world of manufactured products and the people who make them. His philosophy is simple: "If you have something to say, it