Salusa Glassworks is the studio of international glass artist, Bandhu Dunham. Salusa Glassworks, Incorporated is also the publisher of Bandhu's highly acclaimed textbook, Contemporary Lampworking: A Practical Guide to Shaping Glass in the Flame, (now in its third edition) as well as the beautiful and informative showcase book, Formed of Fire. Bandhu's newest book Creative Life, will be available in the Spring of 2005.

In addition to creating his own one-of-a-kind glass sculptures and goblets, Bandhu supervises his apprentices in creating unusual gift items and decorations of his design, highlighted under "Studio Production".

On this website, you will find information on Bandhu, his sculptural work and his books: Contemporary Lampworking (including updates not available elsewhere), Formed of Fire, Creative Life. There is also information on classes that Bandhu teaches and some of his other adventures.

For fellow glass artists, there is a downloadable form to submit images of your own lampwork for inclusion in future volumes of Contemporary Lampworking. You can also contact us, and securely order Contemporary Lampworking, Formed of Fire, Creative Life or a great T-shirt using your Visa or Mastercard.

About the Artist:
Bandhu Dunham came to the world of glass through his interest in Chemistry. As a child he maintained an extensive laboratory in his parents' basement, and became interested in learning how to make his own chemical apparatus. Some library research and much trial and error set him on his journey of learning the "lampwork" technique (so named for the oil lamps used to melt the glass in ages past). Glass rods and tubes are shaped in a gas-oxygen flame and colored with metallic oxides to achieve the desired effect.

Bandhu began to explore lampworking in 1975, while still in high school. After two years of self-instruction, he studied informally with the Chemistry Department Glassblower while an undergraduate at Princeton University, before completing his apprenticeship under American and European masters at UrbanGlass, The Pilchuck Glass School and the Penland School of Crafts. He is the author of Contemporary Lampworking: A Practical Guide to Shaping Glass in the Flame now in its third edition, as well as Formed of Fire: Selections in Contemporary Lampworked Glass and Creative Life: Spirit, Power, and Relationship in the Practice of Art. Bandhu is represented by galleries around the United States; he is known for his whimsical goblets, abstract forms and kinetic sculpture. Bandhu's work is in the permanent collection of the Corning Museum of Glass and other museums; he has taught at studios and glass schools across America and abroad.