Welcome to The Edge Art Gallery - Glass Blowing Studio

Welcome to The Edge Art Gallery. We are easy to find and conveniently located on Hwy 101: 1/2 mile south of the Yaquina Bay Bridge in Newport, Oregon. We are proud to announce that we now have 25 artists in the gallery, 16 of whom are local. The diversity of artwork just keeps getting better. Thanks to you all!

Please review our newsletter for complete details about what's happening here at our studios!

Archive editions: November 2005 - September 2005

In the news:

Ryan was recently interviewed at KCUP Radio's "The Arts Considered." This 25 minute program is a great way to get familiar with Ryan and The Edge!

Open "Ryan's Radio Interview" in a stand alone windows media player

More News:

The Edge Gallery has recently finished six custom sinks for for both kitchen and bath applications & installations. If you dream of custom blown sinks, browse the beautiful examples shown below. The Edge can create sinks and other architectural accents to offer a perfect way to personalize your home. Creating a color or mixture of colors to create a basin that stands alone as a unique piece of art. Bold or quietly chic, The Edge promises a look uniquely your own. Call and discuss exactly what your goals are. And we’ll determine how to achieve them for you!

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Our local residents may have already heard, on some of the radio stations, The Edge is offering glass blowing classes. Please call for availability. We believe our customers would enjoy not only learning the process of making either a glass float or paperweight, but also being able to give a specialty handmade gift to someone for any occasion. What a wonderful way to get an opportunity to try out glass blowing for the first time. Please let anyone you know who may be interested to contact the gallery for more information.

The gallery is open for custom glass orders. Please come in and discuss with Ryan what it is you are looking for. We have already been contacted by various home owners who are building new home to have custom lamps made for them. We have a wide variety of glass and colors. Don’t be shy, come on in and tell us what your desires are.

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The Edge studio and gallery in South Beach, has created a series of glass oysters for use as trophies in the chef's competition at the fifth annual "Oyster Cloyster Festival on the Oregon Coast

Glass artist Ryan Bledsoe, proprietor of The Edge studio and gallery in South Beach, has created a series of glass oysters for use as trophies in the chef's competition at the fifth annual "Oyster Cloyster Festival on the Oregon Coast," set for 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Saturday at the Oregon Coast Aquarium in South Beach. The event is the primary fund-raising endeavor of the Oregon Coast Community College Foundation and will feature unique oyster dishes (and a few non-seafood items) created by Northwest chefs, fine wines and desserts, and live entertainment as well as a fund-raising raffle. Tickets are $60 in advance and $75 at the door. For more information, call the festival hotline at 574-7141 or 574-7131 or visit www.occc.cc.or.us/oystercloyster. (Photo by Laura Eberly)

Another Newport Newstimes article:

Did you miss the original article introducing The Edge Art Gallery by Laura Eberly from the Newport Newstimes? Well, it's never too late now that our local newspaper archives with precison.

Hummingbird Auto Glass goes over The Edge
By Laura Eberly Of the News-Times

Ryan Bledsoe knows glass. The entrepreneur has 11 years of experience under his belt as owner and operator of Hummingbird Auto Glass, and four years ago, he embarked on an artistic journey to learn the art of glass blowing.

In June, Bledsoe took his craft to the next level with the opening of The Edge Gallery in South Beach, where he can be found nearly every day giving glass blowing demonstration....." (read more follow link above)

Even More News:

The Edge has become a tree sponsor for the Eleventh Annual Festival of Trees. We will be decorating a tree with ornaments for either a live or silent auction. The proceeds will benefit the new Health Education Center at Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital. There are only 20 trees being sponsored for this year’s festival, so we are happy we are able to be a part of this benefit. We will be receiving a 7 foot noble fir to decorate along with 6 sets of 100 white lights. Can you imagine the lights twinkling within those glass ornaments! Fantastic! If any one of you have ornaments you would like to donate, we will be placing mainly, but not limited to, glass ornaments on the tree to represent the gallery. If you have donations for the tree, please bring them to the Gallery before Thanksgiving. We would appreciate your contacting us beforehand to let us know you will be donating so that we will know what to expect in advance. We will be decorating the tree beginning Monday, November 28th and need to know what we will have to work with. Thank you for your generosity in advance.