The newest burn on his finger came from demonstrating glassblowing at the Makers Station Gallery’s annual “pumpkin jam” craft fair in West Creek last Saturday. Certain heat-related injuries come with the territory in Jeff Ruemeli’s two main art forms, ceramics and glassblowing.
(Photo by Victoria Ford)
“My heart is in glass, and my brain is in ceramics,” Ruemeli (pronounced rum-lee) explained. Either way, he’s playing with fire.
The Manahawkin resident is the ceramics studio manager at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences in Loveladies, as well as LBIF’s…
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