Flame Off! 2012
Friday, February 3rd 
Venue: Rialto Theatre, downtown Tucson
Heat up the winter at SGAA's 10th Annual Flame Off! Competition! Founded here in Tucson, the event has grown into a highly anticipated flameworking competition. Flame Off! is: 24 Glass Artists from across the globe competing against the clock to create the wildest glass art creations either solo or in pairs. The Flame Off!, a highlight of the Gem and Mineral Show, draws upwards of 500 hundred people for a night of spectacular entertainment, providing the ultimate opportunity to get together to celebrate everything that is fun and exciting about glass!
And the winners are:
SOLO
1st Place: Matt Eskuche
2nd Place: John Ryszka II
3rd Place: Calvin Smith
TEAM
1st Place: Spy vs. Spy: Matt Bain, Micah Blatt & Karl Taylor
2nd Place: Team Zelda: Calvin Mickle, Punty, Quave
Click here for images of 2012 finished pieces!
Thank you participants, sponsors, volunteers, and spectators, for making this our best Flame Off yet! See you in 2013!
COMPETITORS:
Matt Bain
Micah Blatt
Ben Burton
Calm
doshworld
Bandhu Dunham
Wyoming Glass
Eusheen Goines
Hazmat
Yoshihiro Kagawa
Anthony Laguna
Laurie Nessel
Akihiro Okama
Takehisa Okumura
Quave
randosh
Wayne Robbins
Jon Russell
John Ryszka II
Brendan Taylor
Karl Taylor
Web
Puntington Wig-wag
Lewis Wilson
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Team competition shot. Front to back: Takehisa Okumura, Akihiro Okama, doshworld, Web, randosh
- Calvin Smith competing in Solos with MC Rashan Jones in the background
- John Ryszka II making his 2nd Place Solos Winning Mask
- Elemental Artistry performing during an intermission
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