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Rubi Glass, Arroyo Grande, CA, California, United States

Rubi Glass is a husband and wife team that create unique fine Hand-blown Art Glass. Carlos and Sophia have been blowing Glass together for 17 years. Together these two creative forces unite to produce avant-garde art Glass, sculpture, lighting, and mixed media.

Working for Evans Design, a nationally recognized firm making fine home accessories launched their career as full time Glass artist. While also working for Fusion Z, a subsidiary of Evans Design, Carlos was the head designer for a team of Glassblowers in the Czech Republic. After 5 years in this firm, they began Rubi Glass, which became a marriage of their hearts and their creative energies. Since establishing Rubi Glass, they have made their sole careers as Glassblowers, working steadily to fulfill their dreams of creating original works of art and custom commissions.

One of their greatest pleasures is taking a vague dream or vision from a client and working collaboratively, using their unique design abilities to turn ideas into a custom work of art. Design is an intimate process, with an understanding of each clients needs to ensure that the final piece meets their inspirations and expectations. The chandeliers are a prime example of this process, as each is different and made specifically to suit the functional and aesthetic desires of the client.

With their studio on their property in the small beach town of Arroyo Grande, California, they are surrounded by the sand dunes, bluffs and endless colors of sky and ocean for their inspiration. Being deeply attuned to their natural environment, it flows into their design unconsciously giving much of their work an organic natural quality of pod, leaf, and seashell forms. Color combinations have been born from earth tones, golden sunsets and deep ocean blues and greens, using the finest quality Glass to insure the best color possible in the final product.