A Jewish wedding ends with the breaking of a glass, and Fay Miller built Shardz around that moment. She hand-blew colorful wedding glasses made to be smashed under the chuppah, and couples could send the shards back to be worked into keepsakes such as mezuzahs, candlesticks, kiddush cups and picture frames.
Miller left a career in graphic arts to make beautiful things with her own hands, and studied at Moore College of Art. Her glass was shown in galleries across the United States, England and Canada and in exhibitions including the Craft Alliance Menorah Show. Her commissions included a glass wall for Temple Ner Tamid in Palos Verdes and an eternal light for Temple Sinai in Rancho Mirage, California.
She described finding her ideas in "leaves blowing in the wind, animal horns at the zoo, buildings rising in the city," and her work is full of whimsy, wild color and the geometry of the natural world. Miller retired in fall 2025, according to T. Clifton Art Gallery.
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- CommissionGlass wall for Temple Ner Tamid, Palos Verdes, CA
- CommissionEternal light for Temple Sinai, Rancho Mirage, CA
- ExhibitionsCraft Alliance Menorah Show; galleries in the US, England and Canada
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