Tsunami Glassworks
Tsunami Glassworks combines the talents of glass artists Eva Milinkovic and Kriston Gene, specializing in designing and producing one-of-a-kind sculptural and functional blown glass pieces, as well as cast glass works.
The studio is centrally located in Windsor, Ontario and serves as a unique gathering place for local glass artists and an important cultural resource to the Windsor and area community.
Eva Milinkovic is a glass artist who looks to science and nature for inspiration. Using organic and fluid forms to communicate her ideas, her work reflects her interest towards designed art objects.
A Toronto native, Eva began her artistic career in commercial photography. After graduating from the glass program at the School of Crafts and Design, Sheridan College in 2001, she was accepted into the glass studio at the Harbourfront Centre in Toronto, where she completed her residency in 2004.
Eva’s reputation as a glass artist is growing, having been featured in publications such as the New Glass Review 23, 25 , and 26; Talente International Trade Fair Munich, Germany, representing Canada in an exhibition of young designers; on behalf of the Sheridan College glass program in the Italian magazine Vetro; appearing in the Toronto Star and National Post, CityTv’s Breakfast Television, and most recently on CBC Radio and Television. Her work is exhibited across Canada and the United States
Kriston Gene works Primarily in hot glass, often incorporating metal and stone components, engaging in both blown vessels and sculptural glass pieces. Before moving back to home town of Windsor, Ontario, Kriston worked as a glass blowing and welding teacher’s assistant at Sheridan College.
Kriston obtained a degree in psychology at the University of Windsor before completing the Sheridan College glass blowing program. Krison’s Background in psychology can be seen as a clear motivating factor in his work; with sensitivity to detail and content, the observer is provided with an introspective look at the artist, as he expresses himself through his chosen medium. Kriston portrays an interest in the human condition, and what drives creativity and self-expression.