Visiting Artist Residency · Museum of Glass Hot Shop · Tacoma, WA

Artist Residency / Healing Objects

Mary Ann's Rosary — hand-knotted blown glass sculpture by Shirley Klinghoffer, Museum of Glass Hot Shop residency — Mary Ann's Rosary

Jennifer's Ring — sculptural ring form with filigree structure and polished spherical elements, blown glass, Museum of Glass Hot Shop residency — Jennifer's Ring

Matthew's Bucky — blown glass horse sculpture, brown and white with black mane details, Museum of Glass Hot Shop residency — Matthew's Bucky

Rohan's Lego Spaceship — blown glass spaceship sculpture, blue white and yellow with intricate interior details, Museum of Glass Hot Shop residency — Rohan's Lego Spaceship

Teresa's Butterfly — blown glass butterfly sculpture in amber and golden yellow with dark brown veining, mounted on black metal rod, Museum of Glass Hot Shop residency — Teresa's Butterfly

Patti's Pendant — clear blown glass vessel with calligraphic poem inside, on dark square base, Museum of Glass Hot Shop residency — Patti's Pendant

About the Residency

These glass sculptures were created during Shirley Klinghoffer's Visiting Artist Residency at the Museum of Glass Hot Shop in Tacoma, Washington — concurrent with her CRT Revisited exhibition. Each object emerged from shared stories of healing, transforming personal narratives into luminous glass form.

Working in the Hot Shop alongside master glassblowers, Klinghoffer translated the intimate, often difficult stories shared with her into tangible objects — vessels and forms that hold memory, vulnerability, and the possibility of repair.