Wink Glass Studio

04/07/2026

An extra Leaded Window Crash Course was added to the schedule. Sat April 11th starting at 9:30am. There are only 2 spots left so sing up today!

01/24/2026

The power is out in the downtown core so we have to close today :( see you on Wednesday.

01/23/2026

From concept to creation here at Wink! Roberta wanted to pay homage to her father by designing and building this leaded panel. There’s more to the story that we can showcase during an artist spotlight in the future. We can help you bring your vision to life. We have a weekly class on Thursday for 3 hours, at either noon or 3pm!

01/21/2026

Traditional Glass Painting with the brilliant John Martin is back in the spring of 2026. We will only offer this exclusive class twice per year and there are only 6 spots available so book early!

11/28/2025

Take a class in glass art today! See the winkglass.ca website for a full schedule of exciting workshops. Local glass artists are ready to show you how to make your creative vision a reality!

11/15/2025

10/16/2025

10/04/2025

Thank you to everyone who came last night! See all of the artwork now on the wink website

10/02/2025

✨✨ Artist Profile ✨✨
We’re so pleased to introduce you to a participating artist each day in the lead up to REFRACTED, our glass art exhibit opening Oct 3rd at 7pm, a part of ArtCircuit Hamilton.

Please meet Adrienne Yeardye.

Adrienne has been working with soft glass for almost 20 years. After working in ski patrol in BC, she decided to move there and open her homeopathy practice. A chance encounter with a glass blower led to teaching bead making. Glass became her gateway drug to the world of art and creativity.

During that time her love of learning new skills and techniques in parallel with other artists was cemented and she has sought out creative communities in her subsequent moves.

On beadmaking, she says “you learn your own style by trying to make a bead that you have seen somewhere else. After you make that bead a few times, you literally feel how the glass moves in that pattern, and then it creates the next innovation in your own style. It's such shared knowledge and experience, and this really does translate into other mediums as well. I think that's why there is such an interest in the artist's process these days. More people are engaging in art and creativity in general because it satisfies that core impulse we all have to explore and discover.”

For Adrienne, her work in glass has helped to understand how to drive forward based on what feels good, and to discontinue what doesn't feel good. What she admires most in other artists is a willingness to engage in the enjoyment of the process - as artists that is the greatest thing we can give with our work. “It's not just the beautiful and tangible things we create, it's the raw beauty of life that we can connect people to - that human process.’

09/29/2025

✨✨ Artist Profile ✨✨
We’re so pleased to introduce you to a participating artist each day in the lead up to REFRACTED, our glass art exhibit opening Oct 3rd at 7pm, a part of ArtCircuit Hamilton.

Please meet Cat Quinn.

Shortly after moving to Toronto from Hong Kong, Cat spent a lot of time with her little son at the ROM lying around on beanbags gazing in awe at the work of Dale Chihuly. When the world opened up again after the pandemic, she took a stained glass class with Siobhan Lynch and was instantly hooked. Having always practised some kind of art/craft, usually textiles-based, it was now all about the glass.

Cat draws her inspiration from lots of places – things she sees, things she feels, people she meets, stories she hears, books she reads.

When Cat first considered working with glass, she thought it might be inaccessible or super difficult. It’s not! There are loads of affordable classes and lovely people in the glass world. She also finds it enormously good for her mental health – focusing so intensely during the process gives her mind some time off from overthinking everything else!

Cat finds that the creative process tends to go one of two ways. Sometimes it’s very slow and almost painful, with an idea floating around for quite a while before eventually evolving into a reality. But sometimes, and more excitingly, an idea just insists upon being made, not stopping until it's a real physical thing.

Cat draws from the myths and legends of her Scottish heritage, color and number symbolism, her travels, and her emotional life. She often works from scraps, a method which can impact on the final design of the piece. She loves the limits imposed by this method and the creative solutions that result from it, as well as creating something beautiful out of waste.

09/28/2025

✨✨ Artist Profile ✨✨
We’re so pleased to introduce you to a participating artist each day in the lead up to REFRACTED, our glass art exhibit opening Oct 3rd at 7pm, a part of ArtCircuit Hamilton.

Please meet Laura Pop.

Laura Pop is a stained glass artist based in Toronto. She enjoys the challenge of exploring the relationship of the medium and its message; she believes that art windows don't have to be limited to religious icons and traditional frilly flowers. Like a rug, a window can tie the room together.

As it seems we are in the midst of an Arts & Crafts Renaissance, Laura marries influence from her graphic design days with the craft of stained glass; she aims to make this timeless art form more accessible and relevant to a modern audience.

Laura worked at EGD Glass Studio in Toronto for a few years, where she added leading, restoration, installation, and kiln-fired painting to her repertoire. She is currently seeking to work on larger collaborations, and is open for commissions.