Eli Mazet
Eli Mazet may be the most passionate glass artist you will ever meet. Born in Eugene, Oregon, Eli is the middle brother who never considered himself an artist. Now he cannot imagine a life without it.
In about 2000, brother Josh introduced Eli to lamp work glass. He fell in love with it and developed his skills by watching videos, reading books and learning from other glass blowers. He spent hours on the torch practicing and within a few years he had developed the skills that take most people a life time.
He soon engaged his family and they started Mazet Studios. They developed a line of whimsical frogs, turtles, and sea creatures, marbles, pendants and ornaments.
He visited galleries on the coast and began to attend trade shows and the local craft market. While looking for something new to make, it became apparent to Eli that todays glass artists were not making one of the most collected pieces of glass world wide. Eli dreamed of starting a “movement in the contemporary glass community” by bringing back the handcrafted shot glass. His fascination with glass led him to author, The Contemporary Shot Glass and his newly released The American Shot Glass and the Machine. He has also effectively created the largest contemporary shot glass collection known today.
In 2017 Eli released his first video The American Shot Glass. In this informational and instructional video he demonstrates how to make the basic shot glass and three designs. It includes interviews with Eli, Mente, Bob Snodgrass and Dave Winship. He currently teaches workshops at LeFrancis Studios in Las Vegas.
An award winning glass artist, his enthusiasm has never faded and his love of glass has only grown. He is always looking for new things to make in glass and is always inspired by other glass artists. He continues in the family business, attends a few large trade shows each year and can regularly be found on FaceBook or at his local Saturday or Holiday Market booth.
