Welcome to Old World Glass Studio LLC "OWGS"
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Many of you already know we have moved to the foothills in North Carolina.
Covid caused us to make some serious changes in our business presence.
It was with mixed emotions that we closed our brick and mortar location in the Charleston City Market.
We spent 8 years in the outside Night Market and a wonderful 10 years inside the Great Hall meeting all of the great people that have visited our shop.
Now we are focusing more on our online business, our wholesale customers and participating in many festivals and events.
So please continue to visit us online - call us - text us - we are still here for you.
We want to let everyone know - we have not closed our business - we have only left the building!
Covid caused us to make some serious changes in our business presence.
It was with mixed emotions that we closed our brick and mortar location in the Charleston City Market.
We spent 8 years in the outside Night Market and a wonderful 10 years inside the Great Hall meeting all of the great people that have visited our shop.
Now we are focusing more on our online business, our wholesale customers and participating in many festivals and events.
So please continue to visit us online - call us - text us - we are still here for you.
We want to let everyone know - we have not closed our business - we have only left the building!
For several years we enjoyed the beauty and history of the Charleston area.
We are now learning all about the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains, the Sauratown Mountains, and Pilot Mount - the one closest to us.
Just up the road is Mount Airy, better know to everyone as Mayberry, the birthplace of Andy Griffith.
Even closer is Pilot Mountain, you would more recognize it as "Mount Pilot" in the Andy Griffith Show.
So many fun places to visit!
We are so grateful to be surrounded by an endless amount of nature's beauty.
It inspires us everyday to create fun and functional handcrafted products that can be enjoyed by all.
We hope you enjoy each piece we create and make memories worth sharing!
About Us
Lane has worked in stained glass since 1978. His career has included the custom design and fabrication of liturgical and non-liturgical windows for many settings. In addition to the new windows, Lane has used his skills in the repair and restoration of thousands of nineteenth and twentieth century stained glass windows including windows by Tiffany, La Farge and other renowned artists. His career/learning path has brought him in working contact with artists and craftsmen in each of the lower forty-eight states, picking up skills, techniques and friendships along the way.
Cheryl's education and experiences are in Corporate America. Her work in the corporate environment has given her the experience and expertise to facilitate OWGS business management. While these administrative responsibilities may keep her away from full time studio work, she spends as much time as possible experimenting and expanding her artistic expression in glass. This artistic bent is a natural outpouring of being a member of the third generation of stained glass craftsmen and artisans.
In their many years of marriage and working together, their skills have fused together like the fused glass they work with. They each add to and compliment the finished work, while retaining the individual characteristics and color of personality displayed in the variety of their products. Some of the creations are entirely Cheryl's and some are Lane's, but the influence they have on each other puts the polish on each finished piece of art.