From an early age Eddie Bernard enjoyed working with his hands and figuring out how things are put together. In 1988, at the age of 15, Eddie began working for Craig McCullen making stained glass panels. At 17 years old, he began apprenticing Paulo Dufour in the stained glass trade, and it was Paulo who introduced Eddie to hot glass. This early interest in glass lead him to School of American Crafts at Rochester Institute of Technology to study glass blowing. While there he had the opportunity to build his first furnace, and a love affair with building equipment was born. After graduating with a BFA in glass in the spring of 1996, Eddie went to the Corning Museum to help install The Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass. He was offered the job as the first Corning Glass studio technician and also took on the role of stained glass program founder and instructor. Eddie moved back to Louisiana later that same year and founded Wet Dog Glass, LLC, now the preeminent glass blowing equipment manufacturer in the United States.
The company resided in New Orleans, LA until the spring of 2008 when we moved to Star, NC. Located in a the rural Piedmont of North Carolina has afforded Wet Dog Glass the opportunity to conduct further research into high efficiency refractories and heat exchange systems, alternate fuels and interactive control systems.
We at Wet Dog Glass are committed to providing our clients with top-notch services and products that range from studio equipment design, fabrication and installation to consultation and technical support. We are experts in combustion, safety and control systems, so you can count on us to provide you with exactly what you need. We understand the need for efficiency and so we put forth great effort into bringing you products of the highest quality. Since 1996, we have helped glass and ceramic artists around the world to solve problems unique to each situation. When you call on Wet Dog Glass for assistance, we give you all we’ve got!