Today we’d like to introduce you to Abigail Corman.
Hi Abigail, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today?
My story has really been a journey of bringing the worlds I imagine into the physical world.
I’ve always been drawn to beauty, fashion, storytelling, mythology, and objects that seem to carry a history of their own. I studied Merchandising, Apparel, and Textiles in college, which deepened my interest in the relationship between art, design, materials, and the objects we surround ourselves with. I’ve also always been a writer, so storytelling has been part of how I understand the world for as long as I can remember.
The beginning of Sky Glass Studio came from those two worlds colliding.
While working on my novel The Devil’s Mercy, I created a character named Felix, a stuffed-animal fox who provides comfort to one of the characters in the story. I became fascinated by the idea of taking something that existed only in my imagination and bringing it into the physical world. So I decided to make Felix as a sculpture.
Felix became the first stained-glass sculpture I ever created. At the time, I was already working as a sculptor and exploring different materials, including bronze, aluminum, clay, and even recycled fur. My mother-in-law was moving and had some stained glass she no longer needed, so she gave it to me. I didn’t initially have a plan for the glass. Then, while thinking about how to bring Felix from the pages of my novel into the physical world, I looked at it and immediately thought, “I can make Felix out of this.”
I could use a material traditionally associated with windows and architecture to create something three-dimensional, character-driven, and alive with light.
That sculpture changed the direction of my work, and Sky Glass Studio began to take shape.
Since then, my practice has continued to expand across stained glass, mixed media, metalwork, and sculpture. I create what I call Devotional Objects—works inspired by mythology, devotion, transformation, beauty, and the stories we attach to objects. I’m particularly interested in pieces that feel almost like relics: objects that could have belonged to another time, another world, or a mythology of their own.
Storytelling remains at the heart of everything I make. Sometimes a piece begins with a character or story I’ve written. Sometimes it begins with mythology, nature, an emotion, or simply an image that I cannot stop thinking about. The material changes depending on what the idea requires. I might use glass, metal, mixed media, or a combination of them to give that idea its own physical language.
Today, I’m continuing to build Sky Glass Studio as a multidisciplinary artistic practice while exhibiting my work, creating commissions, and developing new bodies of work. I’m also increasingly interested in the space where sculpture and wearable art meet, and in pushing my work beyond traditional definitions of what a sculpture can be.
Ultimately, that is what continues to excite me most about being an artist: I get to make the things I see in my head real.
Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
Not at all. One of the biggest challenges has been deciding what kind of artistic career I want to build. I have deliberately chosen not to focus my practice on making certain kinds of work simply because they are quicker to produce or easier to sell. There are certainly things I could make that would be more commercially accessible, but that isn’t the kind of artist I want to become. I would rather spend months creating one ambitious sculpture that feels important to me than spend that same time producing work simply because I think it will sell more easily.
That choice comes with challenges. There is always some pressure to be practical—to make more, sell more, and create work that has an obvious market. Especially when you are trying to build a sustainable career, it can be difficult to stay committed to work that requires significant amounts of time, experimentation, and resources.
But I believe the deeper work matters. I want to make pieces that carry weight—works that explore an idea, tell a story, evoke an emotion, or reveal something I haven’t seen before. I want to create work that stays with people, that invites them to look closer and wonder, and that feels meaningful beyond the moment in which it was made.
We only get one road to travel, and I want mine to be a meaningful one. Following your soul’s purpose can never lead you astray.
Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
I’m a multidisciplinary artist working primarily in stained glass, sculpture, mixed media, and metal. I don’t want to be limited by a single material or technique; the concept comes first, and I choose the materials that best express it.
A significant part of my practice is Devotional Objects, a growing body of sculptural works inspired by mythology, devotion, transformation, beauty, nature, and the emotional meaning we give to objects. I’m particularly interested in creating works that feel somewhere between sculpture, artifact, and relic—as though they belong to a larger story or mythology.
I’m perhaps best known for pushing stained glass beyond its traditional relationship with architecture and transforming it into three-dimensional sculpture. I love the challenge of taking a material so closely associated with windows and using it to create something with a body, movement, character, and presence of its own.
Over time, I’ve developed a visual language that feels distinctly mine. My work often combines beauty with something darker or more mysterious. I want the viewer to feel that an object has a history—that they have discovered something rather than simply encountered something new. I love leaving enough mystery for the viewer to wonder where an object came from, who might have owned it, or what story it carries.
Storytelling is at the heart of that process. I’m also a novelist, so creating worlds through words and creating worlds through physical objects are deeply connected for me. Whether I’m writing a character or building a sculpture, I’m interested in creating something that feels as though it has a life beyond the moment in which it was made.
What I’m most proud of is that Sky Glass Studio has grown into a practice that doesn’t fit neatly into one category. It can move between sculpture, glass, metal, wearable art, mythology, and storytelling while still maintaining a recognizable identity. I’m proud that I’ve created a visual language of my own—and that I’m still discovering how far it wants me to go.
How do you think about happiness?
For a long time after discovering my calling as an artist, I thought happiness didn’t really matter. I thought purpose was what mattered—that if I knew what I was meant to do, everything else was secondary.
I’ve come to see it differently.
What makes me happiest is knowing that the work I am creating matters—not necessarily because it is successful or profitable, but because it is meaningful to me and has the potential to mean something to someone else. I love the feeling of being completely immersed in creating, of having an idea in my mind and being able to follow it as far as it wants to go without being limited by time or financial constraints.
I’m incredibly happy and grateful for my family. I love watching the people I love grow and change as I grow and change myself, while still choosing each other and supporting one another along the way.
Ultimately, I think happiness for me is freedom, purpose, creation, and connection. It is being able to spend my life making meaningful work while having the time to experience that life with the people I love.
Pricing:
- Original sculptural works range from approximately $3,600 to $12,800, depending on scale, materials, and complexity
- Larger and highly detailed works are priced individually.
- Smaller works and wearable art are available at a range of price points.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.skyglassstudio.com
- Instagram: @skyglassstudio
- Facebook: Sky Glass Studio
- Youtube: @skyglassstudio
