Chris Van Zanten  

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Chris Van Zanten

Chris is a multi-disciplinary Glass Artist who started his formal art education at the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design in the mid 70’s. The past 23 years have been focused on Art Glass while undertaking a broad range of commissions and works of personal expression.

In 2004 Chris and his wife Barb bought their rural Pakenham property and set out to design and build the present studio and equipment. Mentoring students and offering hot glass workshops, corporate team building and more have been ongoing ever since.

The hot glass exploration that began in Corning N.Y. while studying with various artists at several different studio settings, continues to evolve and engage the beholder with a highly resolved moment of an age-old dance with fire.