Throughout his life, David Walker has followed his heart and walked an unconventional path. While attending college Davidย ย took a side job making production work for a local glassblower. Little did he know that what started as a part time gig would turn into a four-year apprenticeship and a lifelong passion.

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After finishing school, David relocated to St. Petersburg, Florida and co-founded Zen Glass Studios in 2002.

David actively creates new glass work which often reflectsย his love for the natural world, his love for his children andย occasionally a touch of politics instilled from growing up inย Washington, DC. Davidโ€™s work has evolved into an installation scale and along with his Zen Glass team, Davidย has been moving his work more into the public sphere.

Along with glass making, David also actively teaches in the community. Davidโ€™s classes are open to both publicย and professionals alike. He has also taught through local institutions such as Eckerd College.ย Active in the St. Petersburg Chamberโ€™s Leadership St. Pete program and the Warehouse Arts District, Davidย seeks to make the world a beautiful place through both his art and actions.

  • Along with glass making, David also actively teaches in the community.
  • Davidโ€™s classes are open to both public and professionals alike.
  • He has also taught through local institutions such as Eckerd College.
  • Active in the St. Petersburg Chamberโ€™s Leadership St. Pete program and the Warehouse Arts District, David seeks to make the world a beautiful place through both his art and actions.

TESTIMONIALS

What people say about us

Everyone there is friendly and helpful. Love that I get to create something with my bare hands ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿฅฐ its fun

Jen More
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I had a great time with u guys!
Great class nice people, hope to see you soon again !! From Puerto Rico โœŒ

Sugey Avila Nieves

Great class by Austin. He did a superb job. Go make your wine glasses at Zen Glass Studio!!

Deandre Fitzgerald

Great group of people! Awesome experience!

Melissa Yelle'

The class was Lots of fun. ๐Ÿ˜Š

Renee Amstadt Falkner

My daughter got to work w glass!! So wonderful!!!

Erin Koprevich

AWESOME! So fun and great teaching by Josh and Co

Lisa S Doeshair

everyone there is friendly and helpful. Love that I get to create something with my bare hands ??? its fun

Jen More

We had a blast at the studio. Highly recommend taking a glass blowing class.

Brandi Mills

Great work in the gallery ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿคณ

Richard Graves
Robert Phillips

Austin was amazing and very helpful. He made the class so much fun. We will definitely return for another

Susie Trudel

Fun experience, would def do again!

Marti Rothwell

This was so fun! Austin was great and took so much time with us. I can’t wait to come back and do it again.

Tracy Deanne
CARTER FILLYAU

Kind hearted education. Welcoming and all around awesome people, hope to spend more time there, so much to learn!

Michael J Salisbury

Such an awesome place

billy dehart

Alex was amazing, very patient, very informative and very Zen!!!

United States Veteran

We had a great knowledgable instructor

Marjorie Ann Grilli

To say Zen Glass and it’s crew are great is a disservice to them. You can feel and see the passion they have for this as soon as you get there. Austin, who was teaching/showing my wife and I how to do everything was amazing. The gallery and store are amazing. The talent to make the things they make with glass is insane. My wife and I can’t wait to come back to try something else. Even our son asked if he could take a class with us next time. The experience was unforgettable.

Michael Reed

If you are itching for an adventure, look no further! I cannot say enough positive things about this experience. Josh went above and beyond to endure that we felt safe with social distancing, plenty of sanitizer and plexiglass between stations. He is very knowledgeable of his craft and helped us create exactly what we wanted. Already looking forward to our next trip

Kelly Dodsworth

We had an awesome experience making crag beer glasses today, wonderful way to zen out.

Jess Acosta

Awesome Place,Great People, I totally enjoyed meeting everyone there.
Awesome Place to learn Glass Blowing.

Robin Terrell

Feel right at home here…long live zen glass studios

Steven Helms

Just attended a wineglass workshop today. Super fun. The whole crew is wonderful and extremely helpful. Donโ€™t be intimidated. They will help as much or as little as you want. Austin was super helpful.
Go! Have fun! And you get to wear goofy eye protection while youโ€™re at at!

Jeannine Walter

If you are looking for something unique and fun to do for a few hours this was a fun experience.

Would highly recommend.

Sandra Lynn

This was very fun!! Loved everything about the experience!! Alex was incredible!! Would love to do it again!

t h

Awesome artists, glass gallery & showcases, and walk-in studio where you can learn some glass working skills and make your very own wineglass! I had a blast!

Arielle Raff

So much fun! What a wonderful gift for you to have blessed Mother’s Day with! We enjoyed it very much and plan to return again in the future! Thank you!

Patti Monahan

Very cool experience in the wine glass class. Jash was amazing and very helpful in making the experience great. I will definitely be back!

Mary Finney

Had a great experience with the staff making champagne flute glasses that we plan to use in our upcoming wedding. Will be going back again!

Mark Senko

We loves it. A an all new experience the was so much fun. And the finished product is.so beautiful. The staff and instructors are friendly and easy to talk to as well…..

Nicole Kinman

Best Groupon in the Bay Area

Michael Wallis
Scott D
Ann

What a freaking blast! My mom bought this experience on Groupon for us (group of 4) and we had so much fun making the stems of our wine glasses! Austin was patient, super helpful, and did an excellent job not only explaining what we should be doing but also entertaining us. 10/10 would go again.

Katelyn Rodocker

My wife and I had an amazing time we highly suggest everyone try it.

Micheal Reed

Very interesting place, great classes

Dave Compton
Brandon Gard

A great family environment!! Excellent food!! If you looking for great environment and food I would absolutely recommend Zen great restaurant!!

Mika Mila Vucic

GOOD AND BEAUTIFUL STUDIO…………..

Haik Kartashian

Created the cake topper for our wedding. It was a true work of art. What a great studio for unique artwork and custom glass art. Thank you for such great talent

Victor Prince

Absolutely wonderful place to see and try something new! Our family of four had a great experience and would do it again in a heartbeat! My wife and I made wine glasses and our children made their own abstract art. We couldnโ€™t have had a better time! Thank you Dave for an amazing afternoon! We will see you the next time weโ€™re in Florida!

Melissa Burns

Amazing fun!! Had an great time with friends

Denise Coyle
Chris Weiss

Josh is my wife’s cousin. Amazing man & an amazing artist.

Josh Orender
Elyse Scott

Amazing people who do amazing work! I couldn’t be happier with them and the custom products that were made for us. I recommend them to everyone and already have a few friends who will be contacting them very soon for such exceptional work! Thanks Kelton and Billy you are both so amazing!

Stacey Gauss

What a great experience. The staff was so friendly and made it a really fun day learning something new. Would highly recommend checking them out.

Scott Kepler

best glass studio in southeast

Al Bo

We had an absolute blast! Austin was an incredible teacher so much so we went back for a second class to drive him nuts. We made several gorgeous pieces and no one got burned. Thanks again Austin youโ€™re โ€œAWSOME Austin!โ€
Wes, Jasmine, Jill

Lucy Baxter

Love you

Whitney Harmon

My daughter had the BEST time during the 1 hour pendant making session! Austin was a fantastic teacher – very patient, encouraging and helpful. They have a gift shop if you’re looking for a unique gift. They have all the COVID safety measures in place, too. It’s a 2+ hour drive for us but very worth it and we’ll be back!

Jennifer Patterson

Love Zen Glass. I will be coming back. So much to see in the gallery and they have a garden out back with plants for sale. I will have to take a class very soon.

Kenneth Rosenwald

My husband and I had a great experience at a wine glass workshop today with Austin. Great way to experience something new and cool on a Sunday afternoon. Our wine glasses are so unique and we canโ€™t wait to drink out of them. Thanks Austin! We will recommend you to all our friends.

Michelle Wheeler
Kim Schuster
dominic treeclimber
Josh Ramirez

Great for a first time fun experience

Joseph Leetz
matthew piepenbrok

This place is awesome. Austin is spectacular at his role. Loved this place. Went here for a class! Will be back!

Mike Sizemore
Christine Brown
Charlotte Coffey

GREAT TIME. Would do it again in a heartbeat! Great way to learn the art

Joe Dougherty Jr.

zen is an amazing place 2 become an artist or just look @ some amazing glass. DAVE & Josh are super skilled and knowledgeable.

Tim Keogh

Just Awesome Thank you to our Teacher Josh my Wife and I Had a Great time.

John Bowen
Jennifer F

Great experience. Austin was FANTASTIC! We just finished less than an hour ago so pics have yet been posted. Highly recommend.

Guy DeFazio

Very friendly . Helpful. Awesome studio.

Brooke Awad

Amazing artwork and so much more!

Cole Turcotte

Perfect name for this amazing space! Knowledgeable, kind, and fun folks just enjoying everything glass. Check them out, youโ€™ll be happy you did.

Jona Valentine

The instructors are all nice and helpful, loved it would definitely do this again!

Ashley

Loved our experience there, we went as a group and some did wine glasses. I did pendants and love them!!!!

Elizabeth McAndrew
Joe Wareham

Fun place and the artist has the BEST personality. My bowl turned out awesome

Mandi Towle
Tori Elvir

An amazing experience!!! I created my own wine glass.

Courtney Burdick

Lots of fun trying something new. New appreciation for glass blowing!! Awesome time and cool teachers that make it easier and you canโ€™t do anything wrong.

Robert Denninger

David is a great designer and glass artisan! He created and installed a wall of glass in out home down in Venice. Such s nice guy, it is a pleasure to do business with Zen Glass Studio. Highly reccomend.

Jack Conant
Sarah Catala

Made martini glass

Robbie Griffie

Had a great time!!!
Josh is a fantastic instructor!!!!

David Jackson

Had such a blast! Staff was friendly! Got awesome one-of-a-kind wine glasses out of it!

Andrea Renee Dale
Elwood Schnick

Met some cool people at the show in Miami got the big coin from Josh aka Jash. And what a good bunch of salesman Zen had there. Makes me want to learn how to blow glass. Thanks, Josh and Zen btw thanks Jb and thank your girlfriend for the lil cupcake

Lola Cunningham

My friends and I just took a class on how to make our own wineglass. Austin and Josh were so knowledgeable and patient. If you are looking for new fun way to spend time with yours friends and incorporate your creative side. Checkout Zen Glass Studios and ask for Austin or Josh.

Amerey Justus

What a blessing to have a place like this here! I can’t stop coming back to make things. Everyone is friendly and the shop is full of such wonderful art. This is the kind of thing you can bring anyone to do and they will have a good time. I’m hooked!

G Vas

Such a fun afternoon! Highly recommend!!

Lisa Stoffels Hopper

My friend and I attended a class today. We had such a great time. David was an excellent teacher. He was very personable and made it so fun! We will definitely be back!

Erin Macdonald

We had a great time at the studio! They were patient with us and let us get as creative as we could. Definitely coming back!

Angie Molloy Black

The class was Lots of fun.

Renee Amstadt Falkner
Russell Sabella

We did the make your own wineglass class. So fun!

Zach W

Loads of great people

Maggie Straka

As always, great!๐Ÿ˜
The people are amazingly nice, friendly and informative. I always enjoy myself when I go. They have classes you can take and glass art for sale.

Kimmikatt Simpson

Great atmosphere and very friendly instructors. Much more fun than we thought we were going to have. Thanks Austin!

Jess Whitehouse

For two ladies with introverted testing anxiety the Beginner’s Pendant workshop was absolutely wonderful Austin was a great help, always full of bounce and positive encouragement! Thank you for helping our belated birthday celebration go so smoothly!

Sarah Catala
Desmond Clark

Very โ€œcoolโ€ actually HOT!!!

Rich Harmon
aquanaut2

What a great experience! The guys working there were super kind! Highly recommend!!

Harriette Casteel Carlton

Excellent experience, it’s all about timing and patience…highly recommend it! Austin n Alex were great teachers.

Michelle D. Gonzalez

What a great experience, new and fun. Austin is a great teacher!

Jennifer Liston

My sister and I made wine glasses.
All the staff were so welcoming and informative. They made sure we had a good experience and made a successful project.
So much fun!
We definitely plan to come take another workshop! Cheers!

Karen Cairns

Great placeand atmosphere to learn

Ken Sullivan

The class was very interesting, and much harder than I expected! But our teacher was great and assisted us all the way. Definitely would do it again!

Holly Phelps

This was on my husbandโ€™s bucket list…super cool experience!!! Definitely recommend & will do again!

Catherine Cook Denninger
IsthisJohn FromWrecsam

Absolutely the best! Super fun, super relaxed atmosphere.

A. G. Fritzen

We had a great time! Josh was super helpful. He explained everything and let us have at it. When we needed help he was there and both our projects came out great. Will definitely be back and hope our kids can join us when they visit.

Shawn Engel

Thank you Austin!! We really had fun today!!

Jenifer Bradford Drozky

A great place for a cool weekend activity! We had a blast!!

Brendan Hughes

The class was amazing! 10/10 recommend! Great date idea

Rebecca Mitchell
Brian Underwood

Absolutely, I had a great time. planning a group to return. Didn’t know what to expect, this totally exceeded anything I thought.

Laure Hartman

What an awesome place, with a super low key, but awesome time!

Amy Schumacher
Sue Regis

Great vibe love glass art and they are very helpful def will be back

Jacquie Catone

wicked fun and entertaining,

Leo Lamontagne

Did a class here for my birthday and it was so fun! The instructors explained how to do and were readily available to assist, but really let you get hands on. They even took pictures for us while we were making our wine glasses. Definitely a fun date night!

Kanji Bean

Great guys. Knowledgeable and friendly. Real artists that share their craft.

Frank Strunk III

Amazing experience!

Gabe S

So fun! Even I could make my own pendant๐Ÿ˜

Steph J
Eric Lizotte

Beautiful artistry!

Jenny Balch

The vibe you get from this place amazing. The people are all so welcoming. Great community and area.

From the moment I set foot in the hot shop I was treated like family and put at ease. Weirdie and Alex are 2 of the coolest human beings and made my wife and I feel like the glass was never unmanageable. My wife uses her wine glass all the time and I gave my pendant to my daughter who adores it.

The experience was so great in fact, I’ve signed up for beginner classes, bought my own gear and plan to keep coming back and doing this as a hobby.

Bring your kids, bring your significant others, bring your parents. Glass is fun to play with and it’s one of those things that’s easy to pick up and hard to put down! Zen Glass Studio is the place to make it happen. I am so glad I found them!

Greg V

Did a group class with the whole family while on vacation, was a wonderful time. The artists were friendly, welcoming and very knowledgeable, would recommend to anyone who wants to try something new. The gallery was great as well with many varied and beautiful pieces, that were affordable.

Ashley Harrington

What an awesome class I made more pendants in instructor was totally awesome very patient and hands-on I canโ€™t wait to receive my Pendants Through the mail I will be back for another class thanks again

elissa heredia

It was an awesome experience. Being that it was my first time I was a little nervous. But luck was on my side because we had Austin helping us and explaining every step of the wonderful process. I was supper happy with my wine glass and so were my friends! Austin rocks !!! Give it a try …. you will not regret this amazing experience โค๏ธ๐Ÿท

Paula Martins-Ogden

Great time!

Stephanie Ehl

Austin was AWSOME! We had a blast making wine glasses – so much we signed up for another workshop the following week. I highly recommend this class!
Jill, Wes and Jasmine

Jill Saarela

Quite an Artsy area! The instructor (Austin) was awesome. Had a few works on display and making a wine glass was such a learning experience!

Russell

Thanks so much to Christian for making the ornament workshop so easy! They have some fabulous works of art in their gallery and the service is superb! Can’t wait to see how our hand blown ornaments came out. I’m grateful to Christian for explaining how the color combos might look. Will be back!

Julie Wells

My kids had lost their father a couple of years back. Josh at Zen Glass made a wonderful collection of custom glass figurines, incorporating their dad’s ashes. He was careful to send updates and make sure they were exactly as I wanted through the whole process. Josh is an amazing artist.

Dina Rivera

Fabulous time, unbelievable great experience! Will definitely be taking another class.

Laurie Fazio Cavalari

Had a great time celebrating my other sister birthday! I highly recommend it and appreciate all of the team. Great gift shop for a unique gift.

Bo Bomar

I went for the wine glass workshop and had a great time. I was solo so I had Josh’s full attention. I created a glass that I will enjoy for many years to come. I also bought a beautiful necklace for my mom’s birthday.

Stacye J. Stewart

Absolutely incredible experience!!! So perfect for date night or company team building…so much fun!!

Mindy Emerson Hunley
Mark Bishop

Bought a session through Groupon, had a great time…I think we might go back!

Diane Groner Kelly

This was such a fun glass. I had a great date day! and our glasses came out great! thank you Austin for making our day enjoyable. definitely coming back! Austin was a great instructor.

Beijo Flor
Katrina Berger
Austin Buchanan

Great place to hang out and melt. I took my wife there for veterans night and she had a blast!!!
If you havenโ€™t already, check it out!

Thomas Boggs
Mike Dorr

Had a great time with hubby and friends, thanks Austin!

Leigh Ann

What a fantastic selection of glass art from varied artists! All of which was functional, decorative, and beautifully crafted! I will definitely be back to take a glass class!

Michelle Shaw

Awesome!!!!
My husband loved it!!!

Carmen L Green

Excellent customer service good-hearted people

Bulldog Cottone

Our family had so much fun creating our Glass
Our instructors were great!!
We took our teenage boys ~ the whole family had a great time
Thanks for some rainy day fun!!

Mary-Jo MacDonald Wall

So much fun! We would love to go back!

Kelsey Caldwell

Highly reccomend this place. Our instructor Dave made it very fun and relaxed. He was very eager to help and answer all our question and gave us enough space to have fun and be silly while providing a safe environment.

Allona Sicotte

The owners are wonderful and love teaching.

Lynn Taylor
William Barnick

So much fun! My friends and I did a wine glass class and it was great! They let us bring our own food and drinks! ๐Ÿ™‚ Definitely going back! Ask for Katy!

Stephanie Jones-Walker
Jackie Ballard

this place will literally changer your life for the better ๐Ÿ™‚

Eric Derouen
Courtney Koske

Josh was amazing. very relatable and welcoming from the minute we got there. it was a surprise for me so kinda didn’t know what to do, but he explained and gave us examples and really made it a memory for us. looking forward to our next visit already.

Matthew Dodsworth

Very nice place perfect for Glass Art the staff nice and friendly clean pleasant surroundings and Joshua was very helpful. I recommend this place .

JOSE ROBERTO COLINDRES LOPEZ

My girlfriend and I went to one of their wineglass making classes and it was a blast. The instructors are very supportive and knowledgeable about their craft. I felt like the prices were fair and we did not feel rushed. Lots of positive reinforcement during the process, and they even offered to take some pictures of us while we were working which was really nice. We will definitely be returning.

Donald McNeill

It was a wonderful experience that we be going back to make more.

Michelle Keener

Good guys too know in st Pete

Chad Frasier
710 prints

Christian is amazing! My boyfriend and I did the valentines deal and we loved it! We made pint glasses. Can’t wait to pick them up Monday! I would suggest this place to everyone. It’s amazing.

Quinn Bertucelli

An awesome experience for everyone. My family and I loved everything about it. Everyone there was helpful and patient. We recommend to everyone.

J.M.V

Had a fantastic time making my our beer glass. Looking forward to taking classes

Lynne Weise

We had a great time today. Staff was incredible and helpful! Thanks

Blair Commons

Beautiful!

Jef Shep

Awesome!

Filia Catharina Kromjong

What a blast!! Have fun and get creative this was worth every penny. We will be back for other classes. Great atmosphere and in a funky neighborhood ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ‘

Connor P

My wife and I used a groupon there. The instructor was awesome and he helped us create our wine glasses. The shop was great and he gave us a tour of their show room. I would definitely recommend it.

Christopher Dunn

I Loved it! So much fun ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

Rudina B

We had such a great time, I definitely want to come back and do more!

Kelly Muir
Sheilla Thomas

I’ve been taking the beginner glass blowing program for 5 weeks now and have to say is a great place to learn. Josh,Dave, Katie, and Kyle are super knowledgeable. I gotta say if you’ve ever had a interest in learning glass this is the place to go,very reasonably priced and they’re third Thursdays with free open torches front 7 to 11pm are a great way to spark your flame for this superior artform and top notch learning facility.

Mark Huntley

Great place. Good atmosphere very helpful

Sylvia Camacho
David Eppler

Extremely personable folks and very cool arts. Definitely recommend to stop by!

Luan Vu

This place is awesome. We did a great easy beginner project where we heated up some glass, added color to it, and shaped it how we wanted. The amazing staff there then turned our amorphous works of art into functional stemware. A very neat experience. I can’t recommend enough.

Rocky Salzer

Super hands on and fun, did not feel controlled or rushed. We had a great time!

Andrew Yancey

zen is an amzing place 2 become an ar7is7 or jus look @ some amazing glass . DAVE @ Josh are super skilled and knowledgable .

Casey Vanmaaren

Took my boyfriend here for his birthday, awesome experience the instructors were all great, they checked in and were able to guide you in the right direction. I would definitely recommend going here if your looking for something fun and unique.

Ashley Larson

My 14 year old daughter has a hobby interest idea, and I am trying to help feed that idea/passion. Joshua was extremely helpful and informative. She will be back.

Michael Lennox
Michelle Johnson

definitely recommend for a day out. nice date idea. staff was helpful and sociable! ๐Ÿ™‚

Sandy Bhagwandeen Girwar-Nath

This place is class!!! David patiently guided me for my workshop. So much fun!

Update: Picked up my paperweight today! Looks amazing! Highly recommend trying this out!

Dee R

Zen glass is an amazing place. My friends and myself went on Saturday and had a blast. Katy and the staff were friendly and very informative. We did the make your own wine glass. Also if you have a chance check out their gallery of work. All of their pieces are simply stunning. I can’t wait to come back.

Kathryn Cochran

The most talented glass blowers in the area! Stop in to see incredible glass creations at reasonable prices!

Winston The Wandering Weiner

Awesome Stuff! AUSTIN was great!

Brian Walders

I have literally realized lifelong dreams inside of these walls. Everyone inside is totally chill and helpful. Also all are amazing artist. If you are looking for glassblowing instruction or a new piece for your collection, stop in and tell Josh that I sent you.

derrick r kearney

Awesome workshop, Our instructor Austin was amazing

Enrique

The people were really nice and helpful. Making the glass work was a phenomenal experience that everyone should get to do at least once in their life time!!

Emma Patterson

My wife and I participated in a pendant workshop on October 15, 2016 with instructor, Katy. It was fun to learn how glass pendants are made and to try to make a few pendants. We were able to practice with combining different colors of glass and also trying to make different shapes. Katy was great as an instructor! I have a lot of respect for the process of glass making.

Mark Lytle

Me an my wife had a blast!??

Marty Cavalari

Awesome night at Zen studios ~ the instructors were kind & very helpful. Weโ€™ll definitely be going back! 5*!!!

Michelle Rencher

awesome work!

Jackie K

Cool place…loved seeing how they blow glass up close

April Alexander

The best places in the state for classes, camaraderie, and overall good glass vibes. Knowledgeable, friendly staff and a plenty of bench space. They also have a wonderful gallery full of beautiful work from tons of artists. Zen Glass really is a jewel of Florida.

Travis Tyler

I did the “Make your own wine glass” class with a friend and it was so much fun! They give great instructions to get you started and help you out along the way. I will definitely be back for more.

Joshua Sandon
Julia Koffee

Very nice studio.

Jeff Rutherford

Took a chance on a Groupon for our first visit. Enjoyed it so much we went back a second time. Staff/instructors were really attentive. A fun experience. Highly recommend.

Mark Walther
Sterling Harris

Veteran Night hands down always an amazing and relaxing time. Learn something new everytime. Truly thankful for this opportunity.

Valerie Evans

Had a totally awesome time. They were great. We plan to go back for more classes!!! Everyone should try this. Zen Studio rocks!!!!

Sandra LaValley

Beautiful art work, and an extremely interesting process to get there. Highly recommend!

Helen James

We did a workshop and made some wine glasses. It was so much fun! Would definitely go back for another session.

Rafaella Pavinato

There was a Groupon offered for a workshop that I took advantage of with my boyfriend. We came in to make a glass pendent. Josh was the artist that worked with us. He was very informative and also allowed for us to have space to work on our pendent. He intervened when he needed to and made the experience enjoyable. I am looking forward to coming back and learning more!

Anghela Tayagui

My husband has told every single person he’s spoken to since we left how amazing it this experience was! Josh, Austin and team make you feel right at home and let you create your very own masterpiece. We highly recommend!

Michele Krohn
Bonnie Izor Ball
Edward Alvarado (Mr Divine)

Awesome place!! Great teachers!!

Tricia Hines Jones

Very cool shop

Lori Sandefur
AJ Harris

Great open lampwork studio. My introduction to the method. Super staff

Duncan Brown

My husband and I really enjoyed making wine glasses at Zen Studios. It was more than what I expected …so cool. So interesting to learn the process. The base and goblet were already made, we got to make the stem. Austin was a great teacher. Thanks so much!

K Rojas

Took an excellent short little class. Gained some knowledge and respect for glass workers. Also made a wine glass. Very personable staff!

Chip Rouseff

Thanks for accomodating our crazy group today! We had a blast and will be back!!

Paula R. Tripp

See glass blowing in action! Learn how to blow your own beer or wine glass!
Forget painting a plate… Play with fire!

Anthony Cowdrey

Me an my wife had a blast!๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป

Marty Cavalari

Great personalized experience. I learned a lot and had a blast. Josh is customer focused, witty and a pleasure to be coached by. Iโ€™ll be sharing and encouraging others to signup.

Alan R Weary
Michael Preston

Great place to take a glass class and a great place to teach one. Some very kind professional people host a myriad of glass opportunities. I will be back!

Fahan Sky McDonagh
Liz Frame

Matter Craftsman

Cheyenne Jenkins
April Rose Morningstar

We had a great experience here making some wine glasses.

Matthew Mabbitt
Sean Dunn

Absolutely awesome. So much fun and so friendly. A very unique experience that I would highly suggest for date day or a group of friends. One of the coolest activities in St Pete.

Staying Afloat Party Boat

My cousin Josh is amazing at glass work. Definitely hit him up! ๐Ÿ™‚

Katie Orender
Devin Brown
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James Pelt

We had the best time. Great guys thanks

Tim Crenshaw

Great time with a group of 14!

Danielle Elizabeth Beckmann

Fantastic experience with Josh Poll. Would highly recommend it! Can’t wait to see my piece.

Sue Rosetti

if there were a way to give Zen glass 100 Stars yeah, that would be my rating. Everybody is very knowledgeable helpful, positive, accommodating, and encouraging. And it’s just so much fun! Love it!

Jim Morey

Go meet josh and experience a wonderful artistically creative time

Riley Wiggins

Great experience, easy to follow along for first timers. Real “Zen” ๐Ÿ™‚ vibe. Good times, thanks again to Josh and the guys!

Ryan Dorsett

Lots of fun and easy to do. Great teachers, I highly recommend anyone that has any interest in trying this, go for it, you won’t be disappointed .

Christine Chilicas

What a blast. My wife and I booked an hour appointment and it was quite a fun learning experience. We both made wine glasses. The shop was really cool and the staff were awesome. We canโ€™t wait to do it again. Donโ€™t miss out on this fun experience.

Mike

Today my work partner in crime and I took our amazing customer service team for a class on pendant and bead making – they had so much fun! Josh & team were so patient with the 4 of us and really let us experiment and explore the artists inside. I was proud of both our girls – Karin and I need more practice heehee. This was 100% an awesome time and highly recommend it!!!

Amy Jo

Beautiful glass work!

David Interlandi

We had such a great time would love to do more great teacher

Debra Krause

Enjoyed making my wine glass stem, was a little nervous at first but David was an awesome instructor. Will be doing another work shop

Elva Helmick
Jason Gould

I love this place

Shawn Barley
Denean Wetton

Josh Poll & David Walker did such an awesome job in honoring my brother! Had some beautiful pendants & a pocket piece made with cremations & some outstanding paper weights too. Canโ€™t put into words what it feels like to have & only know I have felt a definite peace.

Jill Pach-Stanford

Great classes!! Great people.I love going here one of my favorites.

Kenneth G Rosenwald II

Great fun. Instructors have a good sense of humor and patience galore!

Susan Neville

Hard working vision within the craft of art. And dedicated to the community.

Ray Shakes
Johnny Cee

We had such an amazing time at Zen glass studio!! Josh was patient and helpful! We will definitely be back!

Amanda Moore

my wife and I had an excellent time creating our own wine glasses! I highly recommend attending one of their classes, great atmosphere with friendly down to earth people.

Dominic Bailey

Amazing people and atmosphere! If you love glass definitely go check out Zen!

Sherie Means

I <3 You………………………………………

Stephan Hagstrรถm

Austin was so patient and fun. My mom wasn’t to sure about what we were doing but he put her at ease. We had a blast and made a great memory!!! Thanks Austin!!!

Dana Ritz

Great place to learn or try working with glass. Amazing staff.

Clark Hickman

best place in florida to learn glass working

Kevin Tillotson
Cameron Heres

We attended a wineglass workshop and had a great time. Everyone was very helpful and patient with us while we were figuring things out and soaking in all of the information. It made for a unique and fun girls afternoon out! Looking forward to a “cheers” with our new stemware!

Jennifer Chadwell
Jon Adams

zen is an amzing place 2 become an artist or just look @ some amazing glass . DAVE & Josh are super skilled and knowledgeable .

Casey Vanmaaren
Shawn Fugate

Such a great experience and would highly recommend! We did a wine glass making workshop and had a blast! Thought Iโ€™d be intimidated by working with a torch but Austin (one of the artists at the shop and the teacher for our workshop) made us feel super comfortable and made sure we were having fun the entire time! This is great activity for date night or even as a group event. We are most definitely going back! Thanks for the awesome time Austin!!!! ๐Ÿ˜โค๏ธ

Cristina Button

I did the make your own wine glass workshop for my birthday, and it was by far the most amazing experience I have had. Austin is an amazing instructor I will definitelybe going back. Thank You!!

LaChrisha Lewis

Had a great and fun experience, very welcoming. We are definitely going again!

Limayri Carranza

We had a wonderful experience! Austin was so helpful and fun to work with! It was truly a fun experience and will definitely come back to make more pieces!

Jen Henry

Awesome we lobe to come here to create one of a kind pieces!๐Ÿ˜

Amira Horn
Lourenda Cooper

Austin, Josh and Dave are so cool and helpful, they made us feel comfortable. This was the most fun day! Such great artists and knowledgable. Book your class NOW!!

Tiny Bbubbles

This place is absolutely amazing! My sister and I had a great time. The staff was friendly, knowledgeable, and helpful throughout the whole process…. Not to mention hilarious! We laughed and shot one liners with Austin the whole time!! He was the coolest and was such a team player. He helped us create beautiful wine glasses, as well as awesome memories. (We made a bird!!) I would recommend this place to anyone!

Nekesha Dunlap

Fantastic place tucked away in the industrial arts district !

Roland Moreno

Everybody was so nice and helpful. Had a blast. Everybody should try this at least once!

Lisa Rude

Amazing experience! I donโ€™t think itโ€™s possible to have a bad time here

Stacy Tibbetts

I went today and had a private class with Josh!!!! And Josh was there all the way! Iโ€™m not sure I have enough talent to master this but it was an awesome experience and I may try to make a pendant before I leave!!! Thanks again for a great time…..

Jo Winters
George Toppino

Josh was fantastic! Very patient and helpful

Renee H

At first I thought wat just the stem, thats all. Much respect. That stuff isnt easy and honestly im glad I didnt have to do more than that for the first try. Still got to go pick up the finished glass after its tempering time

jonwilly2

My boyfriend and I had an amazing date night here! It was so fun. Such a different and exciting date.

Megan Denton Hurt

Best glass studio in Florida

Alex Borsody

Nice place

John Jones

Great gallery of glass art crafted by local artists. Also a great place to learn how to create your own glass art.

Jason Wilson

Best glass studio in St Pete

Alex Borsody

As a person who binge watched “Blown Away” in a day, this was a must. Austin was our instructor and he was amazing. Giving us little pointers and helping when needed. We each made a wine glass. We even had enough extra time to do a pendent. It was as awesome as I could have hoped for!! I would recommend anyone and everyone to this class.

Car Ander
Chantal Tarver

Very fun experience. Definitely makes you appreciate the custom glassware you see.

Thomas Larson
lexie williams

What an awesome experience. I would highly recommend this to anyone. So friendly and relaxed. Thank you for a wonderful experience (~);}

Steve Martin

do not miss this place while visiting St Pete. the free show is awesome!

Ryan Hanson

A great experience!! Austin and Josh were great at showing us what we needed to do and helping to make sure our pipes turned out just how we wanted! Highly recommend.

Madyson Lord
Tatum Hagerman

Awesome studio!

Michael Goodwin

Zen Glass is the BEST! The workshops are really fun with friends or solo. The beginner 9 hour course is awesome if you want to be a hobbyist (of the 15-week for commercial glass artists). Josh, Dave, Austin & Alex are fantastic teachers and talented artists. Highly recommended, the best place to work hot glass!

Rachel King

This was an amazing experience. Austin and Zack are amazing instructors. They made everything safe and fun. Iโ€™m definitely going to come back when I travel back here and do this again. Thank you guys so much for the amazing energy and experience ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ˜Š

Lakyia Wallace

Tons of fun

Sheldon Jordan

I spent a few minutes with Josh telling him my background and what I wanted to get from the class. He took me through a few โ€˜basicsโ€™ and I was off and running. Fantastic experience and I look forward to coming back the next time Iโ€™m in town.

Geof Kozel

I had a lot of fun with the make your own experience

Hen Sley