Tom van Hove was born in the Netherlands in 1947 and moved to Cape Town, South Africa in 1948. He studied Archaeology, Anthropology and History of Art at the University of Cape Town and worked for 7 years at the S.A. Cultural History Museum.  From 1977 Tom pursued a career in Ceramics and established a very successful school of ceramics and took part in numerous group exhibitions.

In 2002 he decided that he wanted a change of direction and having been enchanted since childhood by the entrapped beauty of colour and light in glass, he approached Nelius Britz and was invited to join him at his Cape Glass Studio and learn the techniques of working in kiln-formed glass. Through keen observation and intelligent experimentation, Tom can be now be considered an important South African glass artist of merit and his work illustrates his great technical skill and creativity.

His work can be found on display at the EDGE Glass Gallery. He has taken part in numerous exhibitions including the annual glass exhibitions at the EDGE. His work is to be found in collections in South Africa, Europe, the USA and Canada.

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“UNTITLED”, fused and slumped Length 35cm. – Available

“ EARTH IN UPHEAVAL”, fused and slumped Height 35cm – Available

“Ice Tango”. Kin-cast. Height 32cm Kiln-cast glass – Sold

“END OF THE LINER #1”, kiln-cast , polished Height 25cm – Sold

“END OF THE LINER #2”, kiln-cast, polished Height 25cm – Sold

PLATTER #1, fused and slumped 42cm x 42cm. – Sold

“ UNTITLED”, fused and slumped Length 35cm – Sold

“UNTITLED”, fused and slumped 30cm x 30cm. – Sold

“ EARLY MORNING STRETCH”, kiln-cast Height 11cm – Sold

“ UNTITLED”, fused and slumped Length 35cm.jpg – Sold

“Forbidden Fruit”. Kiln-cast.Height 13cm – Sold

“WAVE”, kiln-cast Height 34cm – Sold

PLATTER, #2, fused and slumped 44cm x 24cm. – Sold

“Ascent”, Cast lead crystal, Height 35cm, Sold

“End of the Liner”, Cast lead crystal, Height 26.5cm, Available