Demetra Theofanous, glass artist: Demetra Theofanous has been immersed in the arts from a very young age, starting with violin lessons at the age of 4. She sidetracked her artistic impression after receiving her business degree from the Haas School of Business, at UC-Berkeley. After some years as a tax consultant and CPA, she returned to her artistic roots, entering the world of glassmaking by creating glass beads as a hobby. Her work evolved into the creation of intricate nests, flowers, and branches, using a technique for weaving glass on the torch that she developed. In 2010, she was juried into the prestigious Higuchi class at Corning, learning the ancient technique of Pate de Verre. She was a 2010 GLANC Scholarship recipient, a 2012 Juror’s Choice Award winner from renowned collector Dorothy Saxe, a 2013 Glasscraft Emerging Artist Award winner, a 2014 NICHE Award winner, recipient of a Juror’s Choice Award in an exhibition at the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art.
Demetra Theofanous
