For over fifteen years, Artist Kay Young has built a solid reputation as one of the most respected glassware artists in America. She hand paints   every piece of glass dinnerware herself in her Kansas studio. Kay's hand painted glassware is sold in some of the top retail boutiques, galleries and catalogs in America. Kay is now offering a selected number of  glassware products for  customers to purchase directly from her on this new website. You can also go to the Retail Stores page on this site that lists  businesses that are currently stocked with Kay Young Glassware. They might be right in your neighborhood. Go visit them today and tell them "Kay sent you!"  They will be happy to order items for you from one of Kay's many design lines if their shelves are missing what you are looking for.

Kay has a BFA degree from the California College of Arts and Crafts. Her work has appeared in many publications including Frontier in-flight magazine, Sunset Magazine, Better Homes and Gardens, Panache, Horchow and Femail Creations catalogs, Traditional Home, the LA Times and the SF Chronicle. Her work is collected by several celebrities including Sandra Bullock and John Travolta. She was invited to make a tree ornament for the Clinton White House Blue Room Christmas tree as well as an ornament representing Victoria Magazine at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC. She has four grown children, enjoys gourmet cooking and live blues music.  

This picture shows Kay, her twin sons Sean and Will and the HGTV "That's Clever" film crew in Kay's studio when they filmed her painting a reverse-style tabletop for a program segment.

Shown below is Kay's Wholesale Tradeshow Booth at  the 2009  American Craft Retailer's Expo held in Las Vegas. In the Spring of 2009 her CRAWFORD 12"  square chip and dip set was chosen as one of the top 18 products at this prestigious tradeshow. It is featured in Inspired Retailer magazine for their Holiday 2009 issue.