
Flame-Off Competition
Sponsored By Glass Torch Technologies

Glass artists compete LIVE creating amazing works of functional art to win amazing prizes from our sponsors, including amazing, high-end torches from Glass Torch Technologies
This year's theme: Earth, Wind, Fire
Each artist donates an item to our charity raffles and auctions to help benefit the Kansas City Public School Foundation. You get the chance to score an amazing work of art from your favorite artist while helping fund art and music programs in under-funded schools!
2024 Judges Panel
We are honored to have some amazing artists join us as this year's
Flame-Off Judges

Sherbet
Sherbet has been blowing glass in Boston since 2011 and started doing his iconic Pencils after just one month. He has traveled all across the country and has visited cities that he never thought he would see.
He feels lucky to have collaborated with countless artists including some that he had admired long before he 'hopped on the torch'.
For Sherbet, the most fun pieces to make are pendants and pipes.

Niko Cray
Niko cray is from St. Louis, MO and was born into glassblowing.
His father is a soft glass artist which led into him working with soft glass at the age of 6.
He started working with borosilicate glass on his own when he was 18 in 2010.
He is inspired by pop art and lowbrow art. He likes long walks by the kilns and digging his toes to vermiculite.

Phil Siegel
Phil Siegel lives and creates on the remote coast of northern Washington state. He has been blowing glass since 2010 and is known for making all things magical in origin. Phil Siegel's glass art has been in museums and galleries worldwide and he has competed in competitions and taught classes all over America.

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