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Glass Artist David Schwarz

Vancouver, Wash.-based glass artist David Schwarz layers clear and colored glass to create fanciful orbs and prismatic patterns. These fragile globes, some of which are shown in national museums, require serious equipment, including a furnace and a sandblaster.

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American Indian Artist Rick Bartow

His art helped Rick Bartow survive Vietnam, post-traumatic stress disorder, and alcoholism. Now this American Indian artist is becoming internationally known for his paintings, prints and carving. He's being honored with a solo show at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian.

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Phil Sylvester's Art Guitars

Visual artist Phil Sylvester began making electric guitars because he wanted to figure out what makes some guitars sound better than others. Now his guitars are widely popular across the U.S. and have appeared in publications such as Vintage Guitar magazine and Guitar World magazine. They look like works of art, but he's a perfectionist about the way they sound, too.

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