"From the outset, my career in glass has revolved around two poles: exploring the wide range of expression available within the vessel-making tradition, and teaching others about the medium and related technology. Over the years, these two roles have intertwined, so that guiding others through the initial stages of their experience with glass has often had a nurturing influence on my own work."
Daniel Crichton
Daniel Crichton received his diploma from the Sheridan College School of Art and Design in 1978 and returned to head of the Glass program. Under his astute guidance, he broadened the glass curriculum, enriched the studio environment resulting in an internationally recognized facility. Many graduates of the programme have gone on to establish their own studios and to organize other glass programmes across Canada.
Crichton lectured, gave workshops, and organized student exchanges across Canada, as well as in Finland, Spain and the United States. His work is in numerous public and private collections and has been shown in numerous exhibitions across Canada and the United States, as well as in Finland, France, Hong Kong, Japan and Taiwan.
In 1991, Crichton received the President's Award of Excellence from Sheridan College and in 1995 he designed and created the Ramon John Hnatyshyn Award for Voluntarism in the Performing Arts.
As a former member of the Board of Directors for the International Glass Art Society, Crichton was responsible for bringing the International Glass Conference to Toronto in 1989. He is one of the founders of the Glass Art Association of Canada.
