We’ve had an exciting year at epiphany! Looking back on 2018, this has been a year filled with changes, projects, growth and learning. We wanted to put together a retrospective of the past year so you can see all the great experiences we had in 2018 and catch a glimpse of what’s coming up in the new year.
We started off the year taking a trip to New York to visit the NY NOW trade show. This was our first time giving wholesale a try in almost a decade and over the year it’s been a success. We’ve formed great relationships with galleries, museums, small shops and online retailers. It’s been a very exciting process that has really helped us to grow the epiphany brand and make it available to more people. You can now find some of our items on sites like Uncommon Goods and the Art Institute of Chicago Store.
We were very excited to be featured on Detroit Performs for their Fire & Ice episode. You can view April’s segment below.
In May, we held our annual Spring Show in partnership with our favorite organization, the Michigan Humane Society. The studio was open to the public for a weekend and we had hourly glassblowing workshops where participants had the opportunity to make their own pulled glass flower. Fox 2’s Ryan Ermanni even came in and made a flower, which was auctioned off with the proceeds going to benefit the MHS. There was a great turnout with people coming in to the view the studio, watch glassblowing demos, enjoy food and drinks and purchase unique glass items such as decanters, paperweights, pet products, and more.
This past spring April worked in conjunction with interior designers Campion Platt and Kim Dent to create custom lighting for a bespoke luxury residence built by Arteva Homes. This spectacular house is located on Turtle Lake in Bloomfield Hills. April created a variety of unique, contemporary lighting for the home. The above chandelier including a chandelier for the main entry titled, Tangled, a chandelier for the dining room titled, Ether and glass globes made from clear bubble glass for the upstairs hallway.
In the summer, April worked on this beautiful chandelier for the Grosse Pointe War Memorial. This piece is made up of dozens of individually handblown glass bubbles, finials and discs of various sizes in transparent red, white and blue. These pieces all hang from a canopy constructed specifically for this piece and housing the electrical components. This piece adds a unique but traditional and patriotic touch to a historical space. The various shapes, sizes and colors within the chandelier, made this a fun project to work on!
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