Sam Herman

Samuel J. Herman stands at the very centre of the development of the international Studio Glass Movement. He was not only present for the birth of the Movement in the United States, but was its founding father in Great Britain and Australia. The son of Polish immigrants, Mexican by birth, and brought up in the tougher New York boroughs, Herman travelled to the United Kingdom on a Fulbright scholarship in the mid-1960s and went onto head up the Glass Department at the Royal College of Art. From there he inspired a generation of artists, created revolutionary techniques and was instrumental in the development of colour and texture in blown glass. This first major monograph on Herman provides a beautifully illustrated and comprehensive evaluation of his position within the history of glass art, as well as the wider context of modern British art. Sam Herman's magical creations in glass are the tangible product of a creative spirit, a philosophy, and a crusading energy that place him at the very centre of the story of contemporary studio glass. Philippe Garner.