About the Artist: Marty Hook
His background in glass began in 1978 as an art student at Shasta College in Redding, CA. There he studied under Cliff Sowder for two years. Marty went on to attend the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland where he studied under Marvin Lipofsky for another two years. He also studied cold glass techniques with Thomas Tisch. Marty has studied and assisted in demonstrations and guest artist projects at California College of Arts and Crafts.
Marty later assisted with production work for Esteban Prieto, Paul Wilsea and Chuck Vanatta. He built and ran his own glass studio in the mountain community of Montgomery Creek, CA. Over the years he has assisted in numerous workshops with Cliff Sowder and San Jose University and San Francisco State University. His most recent assisted workshop has been with Marvin Lipofsky and Robert Herhusky at Chico State University. Marty has also done demonstrations of his own work at Shasta College for the past few years.
Marty Hook is now owner of Sumo Art Glass. He is settled in his state of the art glass studio.
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