Welcome to the Glass Academy!
Handcrafted at the Glass Academy | Sold at BATCH Gallery
The Glass Academy is a family owned, community oriented glass art experience destination. We are dedicated to educating the global public on the wonders of glass, sharing life-long memories through creativity and exploration, and producing the highest quality American crafted glass products.
All items featured on the website are handcrafted in our studio hot shop under the guidance of Michelle Plucinsky and Chris Nordin. Each item is carefully inspected for the highest quality before it will be sold on this website. Products are available to ship anywhere in the world and custom orders are happily accepted.
The Glass Academy hosts THE GATHERING POINT, an educational live glassblowing show, every Tuesday 6-8pm (EST) on Facebook and YouTube.
If you have questions, give us a call at 313-561-4527 or email us on our contact page.
Handcrafted glass for Purchase
Class Experiences and featured events
About the Glass Academy
The Glass Academy is the creative brainchild of founding artists Chris Nordin and Michelle Plucinsky. Often times you will find them in the studio directing the shows, the displays or working on custom orders for clients worldwide. The Glass Academy is a family run and operated glass studio located in Dearborn, Michigan since 2004 with a team of dedicated individuals making it happen.
An extensive background in the glass arts with Bachelors of Fine Arts from the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, and Alfred University in New York (respectively), both artists have a wide resume of skills and job related experience that pushed them to open their own private studio and share their unique talents and gifts with the world.
The creative duo has attended workshops from Maine to Seattle to perfect their glass skills in addition to teaching at professional levels, traveling to work abroad in Italy, and running a production studio at the Henry Ford Museum.
Currently, the studio has taken their shows to a live platform on Facebook and Youtube offering FREE live glass demonstrations and products available for purchase during the Covid pandemic with their 2 children joining the family business. Read more about their adventures on the Blog page of this website.
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Location
GLASS ACADEMY
25331 Trowbridge St.
Dearborn, MI 48124
(313) 561-4527
Hours of Operation
Thursday & Friday: 4pm-7pm
Saturday & Sunday: 11am-4pm
Appointment only Mon-Wed
We offer shipping in the US on all online orders.
Custom content
Live Glassblowing Every Week!
Did you know we stream LIVE glassblowing on Facebook and YouTube twice a week? On Tuesdays, at 6:00PM (EST), you can watch our 2 hour show, The Gathering Point. On Thursdays, at 1:30PM (EST), we stream the Annealer Reveal, where you can see the items made on Tuesday's show, fresh out of the cooling oven!