Vicki was raised on the Jersey Shore. She began her flameworking training at the Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass in 2006 has been “turning hot glass into cool stuff” ever since. Vicki has studied with some of the world’s most respected instructors, including Emilio Santini, Loren Stump, Bronwen Heilman, and Wesley Fleming.
Vicki has been juried into prestigious gallery exhibits throughout the United States and the UK and was awarded first place in the flameworked glass category in the Delphi Glass 2018 Online Art Glass Festival. She is a Juried Artist in the Arts & Craftsmen Guild on the historic Roycroft Campus and co-chairs their semi-annual jury process.
Vicki Schneider creates her collectible one-of-a-kind lampworked art by melting and manipulating solid rods of soda lime (aka "soft") glass in a propane and oxygen torch. Using only simple tools like tweezers and a paring knife, Vicki creates nostalgic and whimsical sculptures of human, botanical, and animal forms.