Welcome

I’m Zora Neuhold-Huber, an artist based in Northern California. My primary medium is glass, using an innovative systems of joining stained glass, hand blown glass & mirror.

My roots as an artist can be traced to my fathers woodwork shop, my mothers weekend painters co-op and a chance encounter with the glow of hot glass furnaces on a late night walk in Madison, Wisconsin. Earning a fine arts degree there in 1985 I launched into a lifelong fascination with this unusual way of making glass art

I first taught glassblowing and design at Punahou Academy in Hawaii and then began raising a family and teaching yoga. The art became primal, inward and private. Then life took a turn as I gradually got very ill with what was eventually diagnosed as neurological Lyme disease. Unable to continue teaching yoga, I leaned into my art to help me understand how to survive and it’ has really become a way for me to harvest insight and resilience. It helps me see that life can feel simultaneously shattered and beautiful…just like the glass.

It’s a privileged to still be alive, to tread this creative path and become more public with the art. And I hope you might find it of interest or inspiration.

Upcoming Event

Glass Garden Day June 15, 2024 from 2-5pm

As an artist who primarily works in glass, I find it both physically demanding and ideal for exploring the fragility we’re all experiencing during these tumultuous times. It’s a privilege and delight to begin sharing the story that’s emerging through my unique life size glass figures. A story about presence and resilience and how life can feel simultaneously shattered and beautiful…just like glass.

I‘m driven by a sense that there’s mending and healing available to us all through art. And though I’ve been a bit private with my work for many years, the time feels right for sharing.

I’m so thrilled that my dear friends Gloria and Andy Sweet will be hosting a show of my life size Glass Figures and Textile Art in their gorgeous home & garden. They’ve so lovingly cultivated one of the most beautiful spaces I’ve ever known, so it feels like a dream to have this opportunity to collaborate with them in staging this one day of glass & garden magic. Let me know if you’re interested in coming to see my glass “beings” sparkling and dance in the summer sun and I’ll make sure to include you in our event invitation list.

I hope you can join us.

Latest Work

I invite you to check out my many life size glass figurative sculptures that are an expression of the tenderness and strength I feel with being a woman at this time. This piece is called ‘Transitioning’, inspired by the beauty my mom left behind upon her passing. Hear more about it if you like by clicking on the video below.