About Us

Serenade Glass Studio has been proudly created by Kate Thomas. The first time Kate interacted with glass was at twelve years old in Shelburne Falls, MA while watching a demo at Josh Simpson Glass. Although always an artist, Kate truly fell in love with glass after taking a paperweight class in Boston in 2012. Throughout her career, she studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and worked in multiple studios including Diablo Glass School, Hammerton Studio, Holdman Studios and Glass Art Institute, Luke Adams Glass Blowing Studio, Gather Glass, and Blackstone River Glass Center. She currently works at the Sandwich Glass Museum and as an independent artist.

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Kate has always dreamed of opening her own studio to share her love of glass with the everyone. She looked to create an escape from the hardship of day to day life, where people can come to find their own happiness and remember the important parts of being human. It doesn't have to be perfect, and neither do the pieces. In fact, Kate celebrates the differences in every piece she makes: the Human Factor. The name, Serenade Glass Studio, was inspired by the book "Elena's Serenade" by Campbell Geeslin, illustrated by Ana Juan. Kate found this book at a time in her glass career when the skill was proving to be too hard, too dangerous, too unfeasible. But Kate found inspiration in Elena's story, in seeing how this little girl did everything she could to get into the hot shop and learn the trade. Elena breathed true life into her pieces, which is something Serenade Glass Studio strives to do with every creation we make!