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Charles Lotton, 77, works on a glass lamp shade with assistant George Pineda at Lotton Art Glass Gallery & Studios in Crete, Ill., on Friday June 29, 2012. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media .
Charles Lotton works on a glass lampshade at his studio, Lotton Art Glass Studios, in Crete, IL on Friday June 29, 2012. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media .
Charles Lotton works on a glass lampshade at his studio, Lotton Art Glass Studios, in Crete, IL on Friday June 29, 2012. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media .
Working with a furnace at temperatures of 2,000 degrees is part of the creative process for glass artist Charles Lotton, 77. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media .
Materials used at Lotton Art Glass Gallery & Studios in Crete, Ill. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media .
Charles Lotton, 77, looks over a glass lamp shade at Lotton Art Glass Gallery & Studios in Crete, lll., on Friday June 29, 2012. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
Charles Lotton is a world renowned glass artist, but he considers himself part of a team. Working in his Crete studio for the better part of two hours on a recent hot Saturday morning, Lotton, 77, quickly swung 7 pounds of molten glass, suspended at …
