North Carolina Weekend UNC-TV | Lexington Glassworks
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Meet the two artist/owners of Lexington Glassworks, a popular Asheville hotspot that lets visitors watch glass being blown.
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Asheville is one of the top 20 fastest growing cities in the U.S. The growth easily translates into more dining, shopping and entertainment in this eclectic city full of hippies, artists, retirees and young families.
While you’ll find a concentration of shopping and dining on and around Biltmore Avenue, there are many more nooks and crannies that may take an effort to locate, but they're truly worth the find.
As for the burgeoning art scene, check out Lexington Glassworks, a new spacious downtown studio where you can watch artists create stunning pieces of hand-blown glass.
If the garage doors are open, then the fires are going.
Hip Green Scene | Lexington Glassworks
Hip Green Scene | Asheville Travel Guide
Maybe it is reflective of our own dual nature, but we find the dichotomy in Asheville interesting. Made famous as much for the castle built by a Vanderbilt heir as by long-standing drum circles downtown, Asheville is a marriage of opposites. The happy result is architectural grandeur alongside an earthiness that just might tempt you to sit behind a pottery wheel. This lush mountain town provides many opportunities to commune with nature whether it is strolling the manicured gardens or paddling down a meandering river. Either way, you’ll be well fed. While the farm-to-table movement didn’t originate here, you’d think it did. Vegan or carnivore, you’ll find some of the best meals to be had are waiting for you. You’ll need all that sustenance to take in the thriving art scene with hundreds of artists in residence. Be sure to check out Asheville’s up-and-coming South Slope neighborhood, filled with so much hipness in so little a radius, your visit isn’t complete without an evening there brewery hopping. So settle in a while, Asheville’s union of opposites couldn’t have turned out better.
Lexington Glassworks Billy Guilford and Geoffrey Koslow are firing up some gorgeous glass for you. Drop in their spacious studio on South Lexington and watch them do their thing. While they’ve got plenty of unique glass vessels for you to take home, our favorite is the heart organ necklace below. 81 S. Lexington Ave. (S)
Asheville Citizen-Times | Lexington Glassworks
See artists at work during Asheville Downtown Art Walk
When glass blowing artists Billy Guilford and Geoff Koslow discovered a rundown garage for rent on South Lexington Avenue, they looked past the mess and focused on the large roll-up garage door.
The Laurel of Asheville | Lexington Glassworks
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Best friends turned business partners, Billy Guilford and Geoff Koslow opened Lexington Glassworks last January in the space formerly occupied by Brown’s Automotive.
Mountain Xpress | Lexington Glassworks
Through the Melting Glass: Two glassblowing businesses open
Glass artists Billy Guilford and Geoff Koslow opened Lexington Glassworks on Saturday, Jan. 10 in the old Brown’s Automotive building, a former full-service garage located on South Lexington Ave., near the Aloft Hotel.
Mountain Xpress | Lexington Glassworks
Lexington Glassworks glassblowing studio & gallery opens Jan. 23
Lexington Glassworks has fully transformed the old Brown’s Automotive building into a 5000 sq. ft. high-end, contemporary glassblowing studio and gallery.
Ashvegas | Lexington Glassworks
Lexington Glassworks set to open mid January in downtown Asheville
Lexington Glassworks, a new glass blowing gallery and workshop, is set to open in mid-January, the owners told me Wednesday morning during a quick tour.