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for the next day. The temperature of the melted glass will be around 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit when Mr. Kvames dips out a blob for a suncatcher.
Mr. Kvames’ brother Jensen also helps out a lot with the suncatchers, and is learning to blow his own glass. With his help, suncatchers can still be produced if his brother Eric is off at a craft show for a few days. Or, he can help Eric and give some time off to Mrs. Kvames to be with her three daughters.
The whole project is set up at the Kvames’ business, Molten Media Glassworks, at Oldway Craft Village on U.S. 211 in Sperryville. Other artists rent space in the village, working on sculpture, woodworking, handmade paper, and painting.
Because Mr. Kvames’ occupation is so unusual, he has become somewhat famous in the Mid-Atlantic art scene. He always does glassblowing demonstrations at craft shows in which he participates. He was on the Channel 4 news in Washington, D.C. earlier this year, and has appeared on CBS’s “This Morning” show. Last Friday he and another artist from Oldway Craft Village, who were participating in the Sugarloaf Craft Fair in Gaithersburg, were included in the morning news show on Channel 5 in Washington, D.C. He bills himself as “America’s most famous unknown glassblower.”
Mr. Kvames said, “Faith Mountain has put several local artists in the catalog and that is to their credit. They have been a vital part of the community.” Mrs. Kvames added, “It is nice that they have tapped into the local market.”
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