Jenny Treviño-Blanquet and Jesusita (Jessie) Blanquet both fell in love with glass after attending a glassblowing workshop and soon after, turned their passion into a business. Their style is inspired by their combined Latina and Basque heritage where bold and bright colors are found and spirituality is celebrated. A shared love of Mexican folk art takes shape in many forms, such as flaming corazones (hearts), botanicals and crosses. Jessie’s background in engineering influences her great attention to detail and Jenny’s sense of design leads to the eye-catching color combinations found in many of their pieces. Together, they continue to collaborate and experiment with their ideas.
Although they started with furnace glassblowing, Jenny and Jessie have since focused on using the lampwork (a.k.a., flamework) technique to create their pieces with a table-top torch. Their torch, fueled by oxygen and propane, produces a 3000F degree flame and allows for detailed design and sculpture to take place for each piece. They use borosilicate glass because of the superior durability that this type of glass provides and make every object by hand to create a distinct, one-of-a-kind form.
Their current work focuses on creating functional pieces so that their glass can be actively enjoyed in day-to-day life. “Glass is very spiritual, with its history going thousands of years back in time. We both respect this medium and feel honored that we are part of an ancient art form that allows us to create our vision that will live on after we’re gone.”