Justad Glass is a line of decorative, functional, and novelty handmade glassware created by artist - Jenn Justad.

I designed and created a digital scene to complement and promte one of the glass tumbler collections designed & made by Justad Glass. All images were created in Blender & all objects were modeled and textured by me. (This is a demo)

This video is also available on Youtube - click here.

Allina Hospice provides palliative, compassionate, and spiritual care to patients with terminal illness in home settings or at their care centers. Families of patients are also provided spiritual and bereavement care.

This commission consisted of two parts: an installation and gifts to grieving families, the concept of each was the idea of Allina hospice chaplain and program director Steven Robertson. The installation below was designed by Allina Hospice chaplain and artist Gregory Gilbert. He made each wire tree by hand and installed them in their own ceramic pots. Every tree represents a season and is adorned with hundreds of glass leaves, representing the hundreds of people who pass away in Allina’s hospice program each season. This installation honors those who have died and provides a space for grief and quiet reflection for their family, friends, and caregivers. In total, I created over 1,700 glass leaves using both hot-sculpting and kilnforming techniques.

photography credit: Gregory Gilbert

The second part of this commission included creating glass leaves to be gifted to families of those who passed away in Allina’s hospice program. I designed (with input from Gilbert, Robertson, and Allina’s committee) and created 4,170 kilnformed glass leaf ornaments in different colors representing each season.

Each leaf measures approximately 3-3/4” x 2” x 1/8”.

Photo credit: Jeff Schmieg - Gamut One Studios