The International Guild of Glass Artists, Inc. is an international non-profit organization of artists, artisans and craftspeople who work with glass as a craft and art medium. Their mission: To facilitate communication among glass artists, to encourage education and promote excellence in the glass arts. Techniques and media used by members are diverse and include acid-etching, copper foil, fusing and slumping, glassblowing and casting, painting on glass, lampworking and flameworking, lead, zinc and copper came, glass mosaics, neon, sandblasting, and more.