Josh Simpson

Josh Simpson has spent more than half a century inventing new glass formulas and making unique objects that embody his fascination with color, form, light, pattern, complexity, and the working of the universe.

From building his first glass furnace at Goddard College… to hand-sewing a tipi to live in while he taught himself the basics of glassblowing… to driving his pickup truck loaded with boxes of finished work all across New England, searching for galleries to sell his glass… to buying a huge old dairy barn and transforming it into a professional studio where he would eventually employ dozens of talented people over the course of 50 years.

Simpson’s iconic Planets evoke imaginary worlds that might exist in distant undiscovered galaxies. New Mexico Glass suggests star-filled night skies and swirling blue seas, while Corona Glass is evocative of deep-space images captured by the Hubble Telescope.

Josh Simpson’s work has been exhibited in the White House and numerous international museums. Select pieces are currently on permanent display at the Corning Museum of Glass, the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Museum, Yale University Art Museum, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and many more.

SOURCE - https://www.joshsimpsonglass.com/ (Oct 2025)