Meet…Adam Sky Glass!
I’m Anthony Adamsky and I founded Adam Sky Glass in 2021! I currently work at the Globeville Riverfront Art Center. As a self-taught artist with a background in architectural design, I bring a uniquely contemporary approach to the historical craft of stained glass.
I’ve recently turned my focus to fuse queer perspectives with traditional aesthetic genres such as Art Nouveau, the Arts and Crafts movement, and the architectural styles of Frank Lloyd Wright and Mies van der Rohe.
Tell us about your work. What are some of the things that inform/inspire it?
This is a peak into the world I hand-create in the stained glass medium! I will always be curious about how sunlight interacts with glass, creating vibrant reflections and dancing shadows. This ever-changing light-scape is the thing I enjoy playing with the most.
In my examples you’ll begin to see my take on stained glass which is inspired in part by my architectural background. I hope you enjoy the work of my hands and mind.
Tell us about your business. What inspired you to turn your stained glass skills into a business?
I opened my business back in 2021 after COVID was starting to let up. I had just moved to Iowa from Colorado with an ex partner and wanted to really focus on my art form.
Primarily a farmers market booth, I thoroughly enjoy the ability to have art affordability for everyone. I love my medium but it is not a cheap one, so having my smaller minis and jewelry allows me to reach that affordable range I desired to be able to purchase before becoming a vendor.
Stained glass is a beautiful art form in its ability to play with light and I believe it enhances any space it is displayed in, and getting to share that with everyone brings my heart so much joy!
What are some of the challenges with glass that are different from other mediums?
Glass is a very beautiful medium and can be classified into three different schools: hot, warm, and cold glass.
Hot glass is where the artist works with glass in its liquid state: these are our glass blowers, and pendant makers.
Warm glass is what we call fused glass, requiring the artist to cut the glass cold and fuse it together through a kiln.
Cold glass never heats the glass, cuts it in its cold, hardened form and fuses it together with melting metal.
As a stained glass artist, I fall into the cold glass school. I love this way of working with glass, though it is a very fragile way to do it, not much margin of error vibes. I think stained glass requires a level of patience and understanding of the material that makes it different from other art forms. We carefully score and break each piece of glass by hand you see in our pieces, grind the edges down with a water grinder, foil or h-channel every piece (my personal least favorite part), then melt solder onto the piece to solidify it into the final piece.
These processes take time and not many people understand that when they come to the booth. For one of my mini range pieces (around 6” range) takes me roughly an hour to make because of all the different steps. Some of my larger windows take anywhere from 12-38 hours to make.
What has your experience been selling at markets? What do you enjoy/not enjoy about that?
I absolutely love vending at markets! Getting to connect with so many amazing people I wouldn’t normally meet is such a unique aspect of being a vendor. It is amazing to watch people understand how to see the beauty of glass for the first time and how it gets to play with light.
Being able to educate people on the schools of glass is a very unique experience as well, and one I hold very dear to me. So many people do not understand that there are different schools and each has its own unique challenges.
The only thing I have issue with is when people do not understand or value the time and effort it takes to go into a piece. It is always okay to say to a vendor “this is stunning just out of my budget.” It is not okay to say “this is too expensive, you should change your prices.” That completely undervalues our time, energy, years or experience, materials cost, etc. and I wish in 2026 people can start changing how they interact in that way.
Is there anything you’re excited about or focusing on in 2026 with your work?
In 2026 my personal goal is to create more actual windows for people’s homes. I have been fortunate enough to have done a handful of them already and I really enjoy how it enhances the home and personal style of the client. My very first project of the year was a 6 foot floor lamp for a client, and it turned out so amazingly beautiful I am beyond happy with it.
It totally enhances and commands the rooms while adhering to the clients wish of wanting functional art. This project is a 16 panel lamp, framed in wood, and has 8 irregular pentagons as the main design and 8 smaller triangles. Honestly looks like an abstracted cactus and I absolutely love that.
Adam is always bouncing around Denver and you can primarily catch him at
Market in the Park-et and the Louisville/Arvada/Superior Farmers Markets.
You can also check out his website for his portfolio and recent house projects,
or through his social medias (Instagram and TikTok)
A follow is just as much support as buying!
