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What is your Favorite Pumpkin Style?

What is your Favorite Pumpkin Style?

Watch this week's video and then go enter the giveaway right here! GIVEAWAY QUESTION: What are your favorite pumpkin styles and colors? Share your...
A Mythical Masterpiece in Glass

A Mythical Masterpiece in Glass

  The Experimental Show #89Available Sunday, Sept. 17th @ 9AM Watch The Experimental Show right here, and then answer our giveaway question in the ...
Cast Glass Tiles for the Home

Cast Glass Tiles for the Home

The Experimental Show #88 We've been listening and so we're trying something new this week! First, watch The Experimental Show right here. Then, an...
The Pocket Vase!  A Simple Spring Pleasure.

The Pocket Vase! A Simple Spring Pleasure.

Once upon a time, in the magical land of Flora, there lived a kind and gentle flower fairy by the name of Petal. As all fairies do, Petal had many ...
2nd Design: Recycled Glass

2nd Design: Recycled Glass

Since recycling glass benefits the environment, conserves natural resources, saves energy, and reduces landfill waste, we've been called to recycle since day one here at the Glass Academy. 
How We Come Up With New Product Ideas

How We Come Up With New Product Ideas

  As any artist will tell you, part of the creative process is coming up with new ideas. And while some people might think that artists just sit ar...
Becoming an Apprentice Glass Blower

Becoming an Apprentice Glass Blower

Becoming an apprentice glassblower is no easy feat, but it can be a highly rewarding experience. If you’re willing to put in the time and effort required, apprenticeship glassblowing will give you the opportunity to explore creativity, hone your skillset, and even discover unique glassworking techniques that may change how glass art is made in modern times.
Railroad ties behind the studio.

What are Your Words for 2023?

For instance, a customer reached out this week wanting to take the private class for herself and friends.  After she got done saying our products were “silly, ugly,” and “nothing she’d ever put in her home” she continued to tell us exactly what ........
How the Meditation Globe™ Came To Be!

How the Meditation Globe™ Came To Be!

Meditation Globe™ Yes, it’s a modern version of the classic paperweight. I can’t fool you!  But really, when was the last time you saw a paperweigh...
Pumpkin Periwinkle…How It All Came To Be!

Pumpkin Periwinkle…How It All Came To Be!

This year, the summer the weeks flew by because I was having so much fun!  🙂💕 I was volunteering on a flower farm with a super talented owner that ...
We WON a Guinness World Record!!!

We WON a Guinness World Record!!!

After weeks of discussion with the folks at Guinness, we came to agreement on the event:  Largest Number of Glass Items on Display.
Sticker Mule Hits the Studio Floor!

Sticker Mule Hits the Studio Floor!

The box came unexpected and since no one knew what was inside, it sat on the shelf for a few days.  It was a small box, with a few things rolling a...