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Chevy Chase Artist's Fused Glass Chosen for Sugarloaf Crafts Festival

Chevy Chase glass artist Kathie Perry Lynch will be one of the more than 250 artisans chosen by jury to show work at the Sugarloaf Crafts Festival this month.

Chevy Chase glass artist Kathie Perry Lynch will be one of the more than 250 artisans chosen by jury to show work at the Sugarloaf Crafts Festival this month.

Lynch's speciality is creating beautiful, hand-crafted fused glass artworks. "Fused glass is cutting layers of glass, assembling and then firing in a kiln at between 1,250 to 1,500 degrees," she explained to Patch.

Lynch began her glass career 20 years ago at Glen Echo Park. "I was interested in fiber arts but stumbled into a fused glass class instead and never looked back," she said. She was a founding member of the Glen Echo Glass Art Consortium, she explains at her online shop

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Lynch makes both sculptural and functional glass, bowls, platters, jewelry and more. "I have taken many classes from glass masters at both the Studio at Corning and Urban Glass," she told Patch.

Lynch is now a resident artist at the Visarts Center in Rockville. "I teach classes, sell at regional craft shows and local galleries. I can't think of a better way to spend my days than working in my studio creating glass," she added at her online shop.

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"I love to learn how things are made, since there is such a wide range of glass processes—blown glass, lamp working, cast glass, etc.," she told Patch.

Look for Lynch and her colorful fused glass artworks at the Sugarloaf Crafts Festival this month at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds (16 Chestnut St., Gaithersburg). The festival is open on Friday and Saturday, April 12 and 13, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and on Sunday, April 14, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For more information about the festival, visit its website.


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