michael taylor is an american studio glass artist, teacher and lecturer. his best known body of work is his geometric glass sculptures. he works the glass cold, shaping, polishing and laminating translucent colored and clear blocks of glass together using epoxy resin. michael estes taylor was born in lewisburg, tennessee and began to draw at age 12. at age 18 he entered middle tennessee university in murfreesboro where he was awarded a b.s. in art education. he entered graduate school in 1967 at east tennessee university in johnson city, where he received a summer scholarship to penland schoo…