Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Boyd Sugiki and Lisa Zerkowitz worked with our glass artisans in the Greenfield Village Glass Shop as artists in residence in 2025.
Boyd Sugiki and Lisa Zerkowitz began blowing glass together at Rhode Island School of Design in 1995. Together they own a studio in Seattle where they design and produce a line of studio glass collaboratively under the name Two Tone Studios. They have taught workshops and completed residencies at institutions such as The Studio of Corning Museum of Glass, Pilchuck Glass School, Penland School of Craft and Pittsburgh Glass Center.
They have lectured and demonstrated at universities throughout the U.S. and Japan, as well as in Korea, Australia, Ireland, Turkey and Finland. In 2020 they relocated to Toyama, Japan, where Sugiki took on a four-year temporary contract as Associate Professor of Hot Glass at the Toyama Institute of Glass Art.
About Glass Artist in Residence at The Henry Ford:
The Henry Ford invites internationally renowned artists to spend a week in the Greenfield Village Glass Shop each season. The artist in residence collaborates with our glassblowers, creating unique objects that demonstrate their distinctive approach to glassmaking for our visitors. Each artist creates one work of art destined for The Henry Ford’s collection.
Boyd Sugiki and Lisa Zerkowitz worked with our glass artisans in the Greenfield Village Glass Shop as artists in residence in 2025.
Boyd Sugiki and Lisa Zerkowitz began blowing glass together at Rhode Island School of Design in 1995. Together they own a studio in Seattle where they design and produce a line of studio glass collaboratively under the name Two Tone Studios. They have taught workshops and completed residencies at institutions such as The Studio of Corning Museum of Glass, Pilchuck Glass School, Penland School of Craft and Pittsburgh Glass Center.
They have lectured and demonstrated at universities throughout the U.S. and Japan, as well as in Korea, Australia, Ireland, Turkey and Finland. In 2020 they relocated to Toyama, Japan, where Sugiki took on a four-year temporary contract as Associate Professor of Hot Glass at the Toyama Institute of Glass Art.
About Glass Artist in Residence at The Henry Ford:
The Henry Ford invites internationally renowned artists to spend a week in the Greenfield Village Glass Shop each season. The artist in residence collaborates with our glassblowers, creating unique objects that demonstrate their distinctive approach to glassmaking for our visitors. Each artist creates one work of art destined for The Henry Ford’s collection.
