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Heat of The Moment - Cleveland Magazine, April 2010Inside Mike Kaplan and Chris McGillicutty’s Ohio City studio, molten glass is transformed into one-of-a-kind pieces of art. The studio is housed in a renovated garage. The kiln is fashioned from an old oil drum, and the heat it pumps out not only melts glass, but it’s also used to whip up the occasional grilled cheese sandwich. The Glass Bubble Project’s Ohio City home isn’t your typical art studio. But glass blowing isn’t your typical art. No other medium finds artists facing down 2,000-degree temperatures to create one-of-a-kind bowls, vases and light fixtures.
“We did a beautiful chandelier made out of bottles and glasses for a restaurant in Cleveland Heights,” says co-owner Mike Kaplan. His Glass Bubble Project has also created pieces for chef Dante Boccuzzi’s new restaurant in Tremont, the Detroit Shoreway neighborhood’s Stone Mad Pub and Ritz-Carlton hotels in both Cleveland and Detroit. Source
Scavenged Art - The Plain Dealer, April 2007
A rusty gear, an old bicycle chain, a chunk of auto glass - trash, right? Wrong. Cleveland artist Mike Kaplan sees a chandelier, table lamp or wall sconce. "I enjoy recycling, using something that has already been used," said Kaplan, one of the artists (along with Chris Topher and David Learn) behind the Glass Bubble Project, an artists studio specializing in unique glass chandeliers, sculptures and decorative objects. Source
