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Classy Glass
Distance: 4.4 Mi1241 Hermosa Way
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Hantronix, Inc.
Distance: 9.0 Mi10080 Bubb Rd.
95014-4132 Cupertino -
Claritas Studios - Art Glass
Distance: 21.6 Mi30 Janis Way
95066 Scotts Valley -
Roadrunner Glass
Distance: 23.4 MiTri Valley
94566 Pleasanton -
Theisen Glass Co
Distance: 40.1 Mi301 Potrero Ave
94103-4816 San Francisco
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Description
The Bay Area Glass Institute, affectionately known as BAGI, was founded by four San Jose State University student artists: Mike Binnard, Bobby Bowes, Mariko Takada, and Jonathan Tepperman in 1996. For years, they created and sold glass pumpkins to raise fund towards building a space to house their collective brainchild, a rental studio and gathering place for South Bay glass artists. BAGI started in a garage in Bobby Bowes' backyard. The glass blowing continued as they struggled to raise funds to move to a larger location that would serve as a fully operational glass blowing facility. To raise the funds needed to move into and maintain the new facility, the Great Glass Pumpkin Patch (R) was created in 1995 by Bobby Bowes, the Palo Alto Art Center and a small team from BAGI. This event has become a Bay Area tradition in the fall with a week-long exhibition and weekend glass sale where thousands of patrons buy beautiful glass pumpkins.