Saul Alcaraz (Born 1974) Mexican/American, (10) Iridescent Art Glass Cups. All with striking dark stringy designs and millefiori circles across the deep blue surface. All signed and dated between 2010 and 2016 on the undersides, many with a paper label for Santa Barbara Glass and/or a prior pricing label. 

Size: 3 x 4 1/2 in. 

Saul Alcaraz was born in Tijuana, Mexico in 1974, and first studied at El Colegio De La Frontera Norte before immigrating to the United States in 1991, where he discovered glassblowing at Santa Barbara City College. While working as a roofer and teaching himself English, he met and married the daughter of Mario Real, a renowned glass artist, who took him under his wing and led him to focus on glassblowing full time. Eventually taking over as head of the Santa Barbara Glassblowing Studio, he became internationally famous for his ability to imitate, emulate, and evoke Art Nouveau styles, along with the works of Louis Comfort Tiffany, Dale Chihuly, and many others titans of the Art Glass world. He developed a multi-decade partnership with architect Jeff Shelton to produce works for homes, hotels, and museums across the country, both large and small, including MOXI, the Lightner Museum, the Four Seasons Resorts and Ritz-Carltons. Today he continues to lead the company, with his sons Saul Josiah and Joel producing their own works by his side. 

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