Edward Clark is a glass artist working in Hawaii out of a small private studio, and travels around the nation to larger facilities to make larger glasswork. Clark first saw glass as a young child on the island of Murano, then again at places like Waterford and Corning. Growing up in Haddonfield, New Jersey, our class trips would visit Wheaton Village regularly. Originally trained as an oil painter, but in 1997 Clark was introduced to glassblowing while in Philadelphia. He had found his medium and has worked in glass intensively since 1999. He has worked for private artists, as well as factories and community facilities ever since. From 1999 until 2006, Clark worked in the Seattle area, and now operates in Hawaii where weekly snorkeling, shoreline dog walks, and missions to the tide pools day and night inspire all his glass designs. Edward Clark obtained a Bachelor of the Arts in the Fine Arts, focusing on glass and sculpture, as well as a Bachelor of Science in Marine Biology with focus on marine invertebrates such as coral. Clark earned both degrees from The Evergreen State College in Olympia Washington. Simultaneously he worked with and studied glass in the Seattle area. He has propagated corals for 10 years, written published papers on various marine invertebrates and key indicator species such as coral and kelp beds. Clark also volunteered at the Waikiki Aquarium teaching children and visitors about the Hawaiian marine environment until his family welcomed their baby boy into this world. You can find his work in private and public collections around the world, including in the New Zealand Embassy of China. Edward Clark’s current body of work is based on coral reef ecosystems as he combines his passions of art and science into visual harmony.