Art Glass-Wimberly Glass Works

Wimberly Glass is not a household name. They aren’t well known, nor in fact may you have ever heard of the company, but you should have. I was somewhat behind the times with regard to Wimberly until a friend pointed them out to me. The Emerald Ocean collection alone is worthy of sitting up and taking notice.  Wimberly is one of the smaller glass art makers in the Southwestern United States who will, quite literally take your breath away with their work.

Tim Dejon, the owner and head artist/Gaffer, hails from Saskatchewan Canada. You don’t often think of Canada when you think about art glass but maybe we should.

Tim studied ceramics and glass at New Yorks Alfred university and went on to major in glass at Temple University.

He found himself in Wimberly Texas and having fallen in love, as it were with the Texas area, opened his glasswords in Texas. Wimberly to be exact, in the Texas Hilll Country.

Tim owns Wimberly alone, and has just three other full time glass blowers working with him. A few years ago, he moved himself to a newer and larger location and what had begun as a small company with just a few chairs, has grown into a shop that houses seating for about ninety visitors.

Wimberly glass has grown.  It is now one of the premier art glass studios in the Southwest and has collections and lighting on display all over the world.
Wimberly glass offers free glass blowing demonstrations, and show the entire process of turning melted glass into amazing works of art. The artists at Wimberly use such enhancements as pure silve and gold to get the amazing colors and designs that you will see at Wimberly.
If you get the chance to pay a visit to Wimberly Glass works, make sure you take it. Wimberly is up and coming in the art glass arena and you’re going to hear a lot more about them, rest assured.