Eat at John's: This Friday, July 2, the Pittsburgh Glass Center (PGC) invites visitors to step into a glowing world populated by larger-than-life fast food staples, everyday objects and household wares. And no, we're not blowing this out of proportion.

Showcasing the playful work of award-winning national glass artist John Miller, Hot Stuff brings giant cocktail glasses, neon signs and relish-drenched hot dogs to the Center's one-of-kind Penn Ave. facilities.

From a six-foot tall daiquiri glass to massive matchbooks, Miller's bold art-props provide a surreal take on everyday situations and settings. Pairing the intensity and technical virtuosity of the alchemy-like glass blowing process with the humor and playfulness of mundane materialism, Miller's creative practice calls attention to the dualities that exist in the world around us–from restaurants and malls, to gas stations and museum galleries.

Saddle up to Miller's five-gallon goblets, imagine a giant flame emanating from a looming two-foot lighter, and salivate over the artist's super-sized "Blue Plate Special" fast food series. Among Miller's newest work–designed during a spring residency at the PGC–are over-sized key chains inspired by his grandmother's vintage Datsun.

Based in Normal, Illinois, Miller received his M.F.A. in sculpture from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and has been on staff at Pilchuck Glass School since 1993. In 1998, Miller was awarded the Creative Glass Center of America Fellowship at New Jersey-based Wheaton Village.

Presented in conjunction with Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Hot Stuff is on view through September 26. The opening of Hot Stuff is being held in conjunction with the Unblurred gallery crawl along Friendship's Penn Avenue arts corridor.