Raven Skyriver

Raven Skyriver started blowing glass on Lopez Island in high school at the age of sixteen. Raven’s mentor, Lark Dalton, taught him how to build glass blowing equipment and trained him in the traditional Venetian technique. In 2003 Raven was invited to join the award winning glass artist William Morris’s team in the Seattle area. He worked on the team until Morris’ retirement in 2007. The experience of working with such a talented group of artists galvanized his decision to follow Glass Sculpture as a profession.

Returning home to the San Juans, Raven crowdfunded a hot shop on Lopez Island that opened in 2021, shows his work nationally, and has been featured in group shows internationally. His focus in the area of sculpture, and the depiction of marine life is inspired by his island upbringing, and informed by the creatures that inhabit this fragile ecosystem.