In 1997, The Corning Museum of Glass introduced a new attraction: The Hot Glass Show. It was an instant hit and quickly expanded beyond the original 90-seat theater hovering over the Steuben Glass Factory. In the past 25 years, the Museum has taken hot glass around the world—very literally—and to mark this special anniversary, we talked with some of our Hot Glass Team members.
This is part one of a three-part blog series. In this blog, we’ll meet some of the current members of the Hot Glass Team and learn what they think makes glass so captivating.

Eric Meek, Sr. Manager of Hot Glass Programs, hired in March 2005
“The process of glassmaking is beautiful and a bit mysterious, it’s unlike anything most people encounter day-to-day. When you combine that with a narrator who speaks passionately about the process from the maker’s perspective, that’s when the magic really happens. That human connection to an ancient process is the key to success.”