Glass Frog Studio
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Jean Patton, owner of Glass Frog Studio, has acquired an extensive art education from a myriad of independent and academic avenues. After studying at the Art Institute of Chicago under various instructors including Robert McClurg and Susan Peterson, and then spending time in Spain and Eastern Europe, she earned a BFA in 3D Studio Art from Tulane University in 1997. Since then she has studied techniques from waterless lithography to glass casting to extruded clay sculpture, seeking new expertise at venues including the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute, the Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass, Penland School of Crafts, and Haystack Mountain School.

For five years, Jean taught workshops in ceramics and felting in Glass Frog Studio, and she has also conducted workshops on felting and Pate de Verre at Craft Alliance in St. Louis, Corey Wieser Studios in St. Louis, and the LaSalle Language School in Chicago.

Jean has been an invited visiting artist at the Art Institute of Chicago's Fashion Department, and twice been a visiting artist at Salisbury State University in Maryland. She recently contributed an article to Surface Design Magazine's "Shoptalk" on felting.

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Founded by Jean Patton in 1998, Glass Frog Studio is a design house that produces felted textiles, ceramics, glass, and prints for the fashion industry and home accessory markets.

Pieces produced by Glass Frog Studio are shown and sold through a number of outlets across the U.S. and Canada, including the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco; Matsu in Toronto; and Lisa Shuab in New York. The threaded line on this site will launch in Europe this fall.

All design and production is completed on-site at the studio, and each order is completed through custom production, with each piece created separately.

Glass Frog Studio is part of the colorful McKinley Park neighborhood on Chicago's south side. The studio sprawls across 2,200 square feet in a former bakery, and is divided up into dedicated work areas for textile work, ceramics, and power tools—Jean's particular passion.