On May 18, 2008, Thomas Chapman participated in a juried show in a deluxe Cincinnati, Ohio area called Wyoming and the photo of his work pictured here won the BEST OF SHOW Award.

Thomas Chapman is a native of Dayton, Ohio living and working in the same house in which he was raised. In 1989 Tom built the studio called Shiloh Hot glass. Since then, in his workshop he has honed his skills as a glass blower with impressive results.

Chapman is well known in the regional art scene and his work is highly sought after. He has won master fellowships from the Montgomery County Arts and Cultural District in 1995 and 2001 and is represented in the permanent collection of the Dayton Art Institute. He created the "Heroes Awards" given by the Dayton Area Chapter of the American Red Cross in 1998 and 1999. Thomas has shown his work at many juried exhibitions in the area and across the Midwest. He has this to say about his art...

“Glass is assuredly the most fertile of the dimensional media. This feisty fluid continues to compel the imagination today as it did for its discoverers over three thousand years ago. “

“The off-hand blowing method is a genuine pleasure in which to partake. It is a microcosmic example of creation. The molton material lies in its inert state awaiting form. It arrives at the hand of man. A specific amount of its mass is taken and manipulated. This fiery mass, rotating on its axis, begins to take form as gravity; ingenuity and the breath of creation bring it to life. “