Eric Franklin

Eric Franklin was first introduced to working with glass and neon while studying sculpture at Arizona State University. This immediately led him to seek out more in depth instruction in glass through the Chemistry department’s scientific glassblowing facility. After graduating from ASU in 2000 and moving to Portland, Oregon in 2001, Franklin attended the Pilchuck Glass School as a student in 2002 and as a teaching assistant in 2004 to further enhance his glassblowing skills. He lived and worked in Portland, Oregon in various positions such as Exhibition Designer at Museum of Contemporary Craft, Materials Lab Coordinator at Portland State University and Technical Director of Studio Art at Reed College until 2016 when he relocated to Loveland, CO where he currently serves as Exhibition Preparator at Loveland Museum and maintains a studio at his home.

Franklin’s artwork is included in numerous collections including the Renwick Collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, WA. His work has been featured in a range of media such as Huffington Post, NPR, @instagram, Buzzfeed, New Glass Review, Colossal.com, the books Mammoth Book of Skulls and Lust for Light as well as on the television networks Discovery and OPB. He won first prize in Center on Contemporary Art’s 2008 Annual in Seattle, Washington. Franklin was also a presenter at the 2008 Glass Art Society Conference in Portland, Oregon and the 2015 International Flameworking Conference in Salem, NJ.