Ramon Orlina has won the respect and admiration of the art community in the Philippines for over thirty years with his magnificent glass sculptures in his signature green glass and lately in an assortment of colored glass such as azure blue, lime green and amber.  Choosing to specialize in art pieces fashioned from this difficult and unusual medium, he has earned for himself a unique position in Philippine art.

Orlina has the distinction of being the pioneer in the use of glass as an artistic medium of expression in the Philippines.  In the early years when the glass medium was treated as “decorative” by the art community, Orlina single-handedly struggled to achieve recognition for his glass sculptures.  His tireless efforts bore fruit and he succeeded in elevating glass into a medium of fine art, now much admired at home and abroad.