Ginny Ruffner

Ginny Ruffner
Born1952
Atlanta, Georgia
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Georgia
Known forGlass artist
Websiteginnyruffner.com
External videos
video icon “Curator Tina Oldknow describes Shirts, Cherries, and Snowflakes, of Course by American artist Ginny Ruffner”, Corning Museum of Glass, September 7, 2011.
video icon "Reforestation of the Imagination: Ginny Ruffner", 2018.

Ginny Ruffner (born 1952) is a pioneering American glass artist based in Seattle, Washington.[1] She is known for her use of the lampworking (or flameworking) technique and for her use of borosilicate glass in her painted glass sculptures.[2][3][4]

Many of her ideas begin with drawings. Her works also include pop-up books, large-scale public art, and augmented reality.[5][6]

Ruffner was named a Master of the Medium by the James Renwick Alliance in 2007. Ruffner was elected as a Fellow of the American Craft Council in 2010.[7] She received The Glass Art Society's Lifetime Award in 2019.[8]

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  4. ^ Hemachandra, Ray (2009). The Penland Book of Glass: Master Classes in Flamework Techniques. Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-60059-186-0. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
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  7. ^ "Ginny Ruffner". American Craft Council. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  8. ^ McShane, Tess (2019). "The Glass Art Society 2019 Lifetime Award Honorees". GAS News. No. January/February. Glass Art Society. p. 28. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.