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Ginny Ruffner

Ginny Ruffner is a Seattle artist whose glass sculptures helped create the field of lampworked glass art world-wide. This website not only contains images of glass sculptures, but also other artworks by this creative pioneer. Besides glass sculptures, there are images of metal sculptures, paintings, public art, pop-up books, and commissions.  A resume provides a list of the museums in which Ruffner’s work is included. The ‘Current’ section on the home page explores some of the ongoing projects and events.

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Noteworthy Events

  • Artist in Residence at MoG
  • Urban Garden Project, Seattle
  • Ruffner Documentary

Artist in Residence at the MoG Hot Shop

Museum of Glass pageGinny was the visiting artist at Tacoma's Museum of Glass March 27th through April 1st, 2013.

See an interview with her and Derek Klein: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9rjvGiyBd4

Urban Garden

Downtown, Seattle, WA

Located at the NW corner of 7th Avenue & Union Street in downtown Seattle. Several types of giant flowers will bloom atop a large (9' tall x 7' wide) steel flowerpot. In the course of a 15 minute cycle, after they are periodically watered by a watering can, the stalk of blue flowers will open and close. A viewing window will enable viewers to see the interior mechanisms at work. The flowerpot saucer will provide seating, as well as nearby benches. Completed July, 2011.

"A Not So Still Life"

  • Co-winner of the Golden Space Needle Award, Best Documentary, Seattle International Film Festival, 2010
  • Named one of the 'Best of the Fest', Palm Springs Film Festival, 2010

A Not So Still Life peers into the kaleidoscopic mind of Ginny Ruffner, an artist as beloved for her magnanimous spirit as for her evolving “visual thought experiments.”

Upcoming screenings:

Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA - Tuesday, May 28th, 2013, at 6 pm

Q&A following screening with Ginny and filmmaker, Karen Stanton

(click here to see a complete list of film screenings).

"A Not So Still Life"