FIRST IN CLASS
To really dive in and make strides to become a glass worker we offer an educational approach to the learning process, where you learn how to run the torches, kilns, tanks and form a base for your glass knowledge that will take you to the next level and give you the tools you need to progress at your own pace.
Zen Glass Studio has an 18-year history in teaching lampwork/flamework glass to students young and old. If you are looking to start glassblowing, learn to be an independent artist, rent a torch spot and create your own glass pieces, start with our Beginner Class Flameworked Glass, Private one on one instruction in the hotshop, or the 15-week Glassblower Training Program.
Starting in 2002, students from Eckerd College, were brought in for a semester(sometimes 2) and submerged into the glass studio for a program to learn flameworked glass art. Many of our former students are making a good living and creating a life in glass. We now offer this intensive 15 week class to all who are interested in making a go at being a full time glass artist, in a “full immersion”, “holistic” setting geared to a structured, class like learner.
TESTIMONIALS
It was a wonderful experience that we be going back to make more.
Enjoyed making my wine glass stem, was a little nervous at first but David was an awesome instructor. Will be doing another work shop
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.
Had a great time with hubby and friends, thanks Austin!
zen is an amzing place 2 become an ar7is7 or jus look @ some amazing glass . DAVE @ Josh are super skilled and knowledgable .
We had a great knowledgable instructor
Amazing fun!! Had an great time with friends
Awesome! Hubby and I had so much fun playing with glass and fire. Katie was the best with helping us create our glasses. Thank you for offering the workshop.
Awesome place!! Great teachers!!
Absolutely incredible experience!!! So perfect for date night or company team building…so much fun!!
My cousin Josh is amazing at glass work. Definitely hit him up! 🙂
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 .
Austin is a person who is real to the teaching of …” people listen and watch … !”
it was informative and exciting..
Austin was fun and attentive..!
I am attending another appointment..!
This was on my husband’s bucket list…super cool experience!!! Definitely recommend & will do again!
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!
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!
Me an my wife had a blast!??
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!
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!!
wicked fun and entertaining,
Me an my wife had a blast!👍🏻
It was so much fun.. My husband and I had a great time
everyone there is friendly and helpful. Love that I get to create something with my bare hands ??? its fun
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 ‘basics’ and I was off and running. Fantastic experience and I look forward to coming back the next time I’m in town.
Super fun!!! The guys were patient with us and very helpful.
Great atmosphere and very friendly instructors. Much more fun than we thought we were going to have. Thanks Austin!
A great family environment!! Excellent food!! If you looking for great environment and food I would absolutely recommend Zen great restaurant!!
Fabulous time, unbelievable great experience! Will definitely be taking another class.
The class was Lots of fun.
We had a great time today making our own martini glasses. The owners were friendly and very knowledgeable, so the whole experience was a lot of fun. They also have really nice pieces for sale to accentuate your home. We’d highly recommend going there to anyone looking for something fun and different to do!
GREAT TIME. Would do it again in a heartbeat! Great way to learn the art
zen is an amazing place 2 become an artist or just look @ some amazing glass. DAVE & Josh are super skilled and knowledgeable.

Had such a blast! Staff was friendly! Got awesome one-of-a-kind wine glasses out of it!
Hard working vision within the craft of art. And dedicated to the community.
GOOD AND BEAUTIFUL STUDIO…………..
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

Cool place…loved seeing how they blow glass up close
Place is simply awesome! Great people over there!!
Something fun and unique to do with the Besties ❤️ The owner and the workers are very helpful?
Great personalized experience. I learned a lot and had a blast. Josh is customer focused, witty and a pleasure to be coached by. I’ll be sharing and encouraging others to signup.
Had a fantastic time making my our beer glass. Looking forward to taking classes
Lots of fun trying something new. New appreciation for glass blowing!! Awesome time and cool teachers that make it easier and you can’t do anything wrong.
A great place for a cool weekend activity! We had a blast!!
We had such an amazing time at Zen glass studio!! Josh was patient and helpful! We will definitely be back!
Austin was a very good teacher and funny. Had a fun and great experience and going to go back to make some more works of art.
Josh is a great instructor! He took his time with us and made the session fun. Definitely recommend him and his studio. I have a new found respect for this art. It’s amazing!
We had a great time today. Staff was incredible and helpful! Thanks
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 couldn’t have had a better time! Thank you Dave for an amazing afternoon! We will see you the next time we’re in Florida!
The owners are wonderful and love teaching.
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.
Fantastic experience with Josh Poll. Would highly recommend it! Can’t wait to see my piece.
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!
What a great experience! The guys working there were super kind! Highly recommend!!
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Very friendly . Helpful. Awesome studio.
OHHHHHH my Gosh, such and amazing experience. Austin, Dave and the other artists were so incredibly awesome!!! This is some things I recommend doing more then once.
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!!!
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.
Just went to this studio because I had seen an event advertised called nude night. We were expecting artists, a glass blowing demonstration, body paint, and figure model sketching. When we arrived for the event two friendly gregarious staff members greeted us with the unfortunate news that the event had been cancelled. We were disappointed to miss what we had expected, but the friendly lady with blue hair and her jovial coworker were so welcoming and fun we had a good time anyways!
The class was Lots of fun. 😊
Great fun place to learn about working with glass
this place will literally changer your life for the better 🙂
zen is an amazing place 2 become an artist or just look @ some amazing glass. DAVE & Josh are super skilled and knowledgeable.

So much fun!! And they were so very patient with us. I highly recommend their workshops!
Absolutely, I had a great time. planning a group to return. Didn’t know what to expect, this totally exceeded anything I thought.
Amazing people and atmosphere! If you love glass definitely go check out Zen!
Such a fun afternoon! Highly recommend!!
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.
Just Awesome Thank you to our Teacher Josh my Wife and I Had a Great time.
Josh is my wife’s cousin. Amazing man & an amazing artist.
Awesome night at Zen studios ~ the instructors were kind & very helpful. We’ll definitely be going back! 5*!!!
Awesome!!!!
My husband loved it!!!
Great vibe love glass art and they are very helpful def will be back
We had a great experience here making some wine glasses.
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.
Perfect name for this amazing space! Knowledgeable, kind, and fun folks just enjoying everything glass. Check them out, you’ll be happy you did.
Everybody was so nice and helpful. Had a blast. Everybody should try this at least once!
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!
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.
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
Very fun experience. Definitely makes you appreciate the custom glassware you see.
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Awesome! Did the make your own wine glass, can’t wait to see how it turns out! Had a great time!!
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.
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!!
Best family fun experience! Austin and Josh were amazing to work with. Thanks Guys!
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.
Great group of people! Awesome experience!
Thanks to KATY and JOSH for making my birthday weekend simply wonderful by going the extra mile!
Mike &Jozette Spina
best glass studio in southeast
If you are looking for something unique and fun to do for a few hours this was a fun experience.
Would highly recommend.
What an awesome place, with a super low key, but awesome time!
I had a great time with u guys!
Great class nice people, hope to see you soon again !! From Puerto Rico ✌
Great introduction to making glass! Staff was very welcoming.
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.
Awesome workshop and great instruction. Me and my wife loved it.
Great place to hang out and melt. I took my wife there for veterans night and she had a blast!!!
If you haven’t already, check it out!
Great time with a group of 14!
Very “cool” actually HOT!!!
Absolutely had the best time making our own pipes! He said that was the most fun he’d had on a birthday! We most definitely will be back!!!
We had such a great time, I definitely want to come back and do more!
What an awesome experience. I would highly recommend this to anyone. So friendly and relaxed. Thank you for a wonderful experience (~);}
Lots of fun,people friendly and helpful want to do it again
best place in florida to learn glass working
Kind hearted education. Welcoming and all around awesome people, hope to spend more time there, so much to learn!
Awesome experience! Josh and Austin were great. Would definitely recommend this to anyone.
Thank you Austin!! We really had fun today!!
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 ❤️?
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. Can’t put into words what it feels like to have & only know I have felt a definite peace.
Great classes!! Great people.I love going here one of my favorites.
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!
Amazing experience! I don’t think it’s possible to have a bad time here
Great experience. Austin was FANTASTIC! We just finished less than an hour ago so pics have yet been posted. Highly recommend.
Everyone there is friendly and helpful. Love that I get to create something with my bare hands 🥰🥰🥰 its fun
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!
My mother and I took a class with Katy, it was awesome! Thanks Katy!
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!
The person that helped us was awesome, patient, funny and nice. Definitely will be coming back
Austin was amazing and very helpful. He made the class so much fun. We will definitely return for another
We had a blast at the studio. Highly recommend taking a glass blowing class.
We had a great experience at Zen Glass! Josh was friendly and patient with us, talking us through the process. We can’t wait to go back! Highly recommend this as a fun activity, date night, birthday celebration, etc! We had no experience at all and we enjoyed ourselves!
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!
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 ❤️🍷
We had such a great time would love to do more great teacher
Great time!
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!!!
zen is an amzing place 2 become an ar7is7 or jus look @ some amazing glass . DAVE @ Josh are super skilled and knowledgable .
zen is an amzing place 2 become an artist or just look @ some amazing glass . DAVE & Josh are super skilled and knowledgeable .

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.
Feel right at home here…long live zen glass studios
definitely recommend for a day out. nice date idea. staff was helpful and sociable! 🙂
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.
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.
Very friendly, helpful people. Most interesting and we had a great time! Would recommend it as a great addition to your Florida vacation!
We had an awesome experience making crag beer glasses today, wonderful way to zen out.
My daughter got to work w glass!! So wonderful!!!
Had a totally awesome time. They were great. We plan to go back for more classes!!! Everyone should try this. Zen Studio rocks!!!!
AWESOME! So fun and great teaching by Josh and Co
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.
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
Bought a session through Groupon, had a great time…I think we might go back!
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.
My boyfriend and I had an amazing date night here! It was so fun. Such a different and exciting date.
Great fun. Instructors have a good sense of humor and patience galore!
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.
Thanks for accomodating our crazy group today! We had a blast and will be back!!
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 can’t wait to drink out of them. Thanks Austin! We will recommend you to all our friends.
Awesome Place,Great People, I totally enjoyed meeting everyone there.
Awesome Place to learn Glass Blowing.