Blaise Campbell
Blaise Campbell was born and raised in Sydney, Nova Scotia. He was introduced to glass in 1987 while studying furniture design at the School of Crafts and Design at Sheridan College and subsequently shifted his major to glass. Blaise followed up his formal training with a three-year residency at the Harbourfront Centre Craft Studios in Toronto where he now serves as a studio advisor.
In the interest of becoming more technically proficient at his craft, Blaise set out as an “itinerant journeyman glass blower”. He traveled throughout the United States working with renowned glass artists such as Dale Chihuly, William Morris, Michael Schenier and James Mongrain among others. During this period, Blaise worked at the internationally renowned Pilchuck Glass School over several seasons as an educator as well as a professional crafts person in residence. He was awarded a fellowship at the Creative Glass Center of America and a Pilchuck Emerging Artist Residency.
Blaise returned to Canada in 2002 and began teaching glassblowing at his alma mater, remaining there until 2009. He joined the Jeff Goodman Studio in 2013 as its principle glass blower. He has traveled throughout his career, having made glass and taught glass blowing workshops in Europe, Asia and North America. Blaise currently resides in the Greater Toronto Area.