Jill Tarabar

Stained Glass
A self-taught artist and native of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Jill Tarabar’s fascination with the art of stained glass creation begin in the early 1980’s. She continued honing her skills as she participated in regional juried art fairs and developed wholesale connections along the east coast. Jill often pushes the boundaries & ignores the “rules.” Mixing a variety of clear textured glass with bevels and found objects, she’s inspired by nature, spirituality and Judaica. Much of her work consists of functional gift items such as jewelry boxes, picture frames, Menorahs & Mezuzot.

Rachel Calderin

Blown Glass
Rachel Calderin creates beautiful one of a kind hand blown glass art. Flowers, vases, ornaments and pumpkins are jst a few of the items we have. Blowing glass is my passion and my personal art therapy as well. I am also greatly inspired by nature. My work is influenced by flora and fauna and it shows through creating very organic bodies of work. Burning BranchStudio is a non profit; "Our Goal is to use the studio as a means for therapy is to create and build social and verbal communication and connections for newly recoving peoplecusing on art as therapy"

Nancy Klapatch

Blown Glass
​Every item I make is one of a kind and a work of love, from planning and drawing the original design on paper to the finished product. The possibilities this medium offers seem endless. Colors, patterns and contrasting types of glass, both transparent and opalescent, allow for creative design and experimentation. Fellow glass artists and their ability to develop new techniques inspire me. Glass fusing is a multi-step process. First, layers of glass are combined to create unique designs which are fired in my kiln up to 1450 degrees and then cooled down slowly to stabilize and anneal the glass. The piece of fused glass is then ground and fire polished to remove sharp edges and slight imperfections. Then back into the kiln to be re-fired to shape, heating the glass in order to slump it into a mold. Some items are further cold-worked with a sandblaster to gain a matte finish.