John Chiles was born in Groton, CT, in 1962. He grew up in Hawaii, Guam, England, the US, and France, as the family followed his father’s work for the US Navy. Chiles first began working with glass in 1980 while a student at Bucks County Community College, PA. Classes at Bucks prepared him for an apprenticeship with a local glassblower. He then got a job in a production studio where he worked for the next six years as a glassblower and studio manager. Over the years John has attended many crafts schools, glass workshops, and seminars with master craftsmen and artists from the US and Europe both as a student, teaching assistant, and teacher/lecturer. He lives and works in Orwell, VT, and sells his glass work in galleries across the United States.

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