Workshops – Zen Glass Studio & Gallery

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MAKE YOUR OWN FUN

Looking for a good time with friends or family while you are in St. Petersburg? Zen Glass Studio offers workshops for first-timers to try their hand and have a memorable experience.

Hotshop Workshops (Traditional Venetian style glassblowing out of a furnace and glory hole with a long metal pipe) include:

Blow-Your-Own Pint Glass
Blow-Your-Own Glass Ornament
Make-Your-Own Glass Paperweight

Currently “Hotshop” workshops are only available on Saturdays.

Flameshop Workshops (glassblowing on torches) include:

Make-Your-Own Wineglass
Make-Your-Own Glass Beads
Make-Your-Own Glass Pendants

Flameworking Make-Your-Own Workshops

Make-Your-Own Wineglass

If you are looking for a unique way to spend time with friends and family while making something to cherish for years to come, sign up for Zen Glass Studio’s Make-Your-Own Wineglass Workshop today.

Looking for something to do in St. Petersburg after you’ve visited the Dali Museum (https://thedali.org/) and hit the beaches? We’ve got you covered! Come make a wineglass you can bring home with you at Zen Glass Studio in the Warehouse Arts District. (https://www.warehouseartsdistrictstpete.org/)

Perfect For: Girl’s Night, Wedding Showers, Bachelorette Parties, Book Clubs, Supper Clubs, Wine Clubs, Art Classes, Seniors, Date Night

Zen Glass Studio brings its expertise into full swing with the most popular glassblowing workshop we offer – the Make-Your-Own Wineglass Workshop. In this one-hour experience, you, the guest artist, choose your favorite colors and hand-select the preferred shaped wineglass top and bottom. Wineglass shapes and sizes include:

Red Wine Glasses
White Wine Glasses
Champagne Flutes
Shot Glasses
Martini Glasses

Whiskey Glasses
Craft Beer Glasses
Miniatures
Candy Dishes

Once you make your wineglass selections, you step up to the torches and are introduced to glassblowing with a demonstration of the ins and outs of what to do (and not to do) by one of our experienced artists. It is then time for you to be turned loose and begin the process of melting and manipulating your glass. You can fuse and mix colored glass rods with thick clear glass rods, heating and then shaping them with tools like torches, graphite pads, paddles and tweezers.

Our dedicated and knowledgeable staff are there to help you until your piece is completed and placed in the annealing kiln or annealer, where it must soak and cool down over the next 12-24 hours.

Your finished wineglasses will be ready for pick up as soon as the next day and can also be shipped worldwide.

Zen Glass Studio has offered this great glass blowing experience for over 15 years in the Tampa Bay area and have introduced glassblowing to more than 10,000 people! Whether you are on vacation or live in St. Petersburg, if you are looking for a unique way to spend time with friends and family while making something to cherish for years to come, sign up for Zen Glass Studio’s Make-Your-Own Wineglass Workshop today.

Make-Your-Own Glass Pendant

A unique way to spend time with friends and family while making something to cherish for years to come.

Very similar to our wine glass workshop, the Make-Your-Own Glass Pendant Experience is favored by people who don’t drink and would like to take home a palm-sized keepsake. In this one hour experience, you, the guest artist, will choose 2-3 of your favorite colors from our assorted color bin. (Don’t worry about getting all your favorite colors in one go, you’ll have plenty of time to make 2 – 3 pendants during this one hour experience!)

Perfect For: Baby Showers, Girl’s Night, Wedding Showers, Bachelorette Parties, Book Clubs, Reunions, Date Night, Girl Scout Troops, Homeschool Classes, Art Classes, Seniors, Children, Tweens, Teens & Jewelry makers.

Once you pick your color selections, you step up to the torches and are introduced to glassblowing with a demonstration of the ins and outs of what to do (and not to do) by one of our glass instructors. Then we turn you loose to begin the process of melting and manipulating your glass. You can fuse and mix colored glass rods with thick clear glass rods, and then shape them with tools like torches, graphite pads, paddles and tweezers. We will teach you how to sculpt the glass and then add the loop so the pendant can hang from a necklace as well as for fan-pulls, sun catchers, keychains, twisted ornaments & rearview mirrors.

Our dedicated and knowledgeable staff are there to help you until your perfect piece is completed and placed in the annealing kiln or annealer, where it must soak and cool down over the next 12-24 hours.

Your finished glass pendants will be ready for pick up as soon as the next day and can also be shipped worldwide.

Zen Glass Studio has offered this great experience for over 15 years in the Tampa Bay area and have introduced glassblowing to more than 10,000 people! Whether you are on vacation or live in St. Petersburg, if you are looking for a unique way to spend time with friends and family while making something to cherish for years to come, sign up today for Zen Glass Studio’s Make-Your-Own Glass Pendant Workshop.

Make-Your-Own Glass Pipe

Create your own glass smoking pipe or spoon (for entertainment purposes only, of course!)

The Make-Your-Own Glass Pipe Experience is the only one of it’s kind in the Southeast Region. It’s exclusively offered every Friday of the week from 4pm – 9pm. We also host a monthly “Special Pipemaking Event”- “Pipe Night” from 6pm to 10pm. This is a flameworking workshop where you are able to create your own glass smoking pipe or spoon (for entertainment purposes only, of course!).

Perfect For: Girl’s Night, Guy’s Night, Bachelorette Parties, Bachelor Parties, Art Classes, Seniors, Date Night

Once you make your color & size selections, they are placed in the 1050 degree kiln to warm up, you then step up to the torches and are introduced to glassblowing with a demonstration of the ins and outs of what to do (and not to do) by one of our experienced artists. It is then time to begin forming and blowing your glass pipe. You also learn how to pop a hole for the carb and push the bowl to make it personal for your taste.

Our dedicated and knowledgeable staff are there to help you until your pipe is functional, with the finishing touches, then placed in the annealing kiln or annealer, where it must soak and cool down over the next 12-24 hours.

Your finished pipe will be ready for pick up as soon as the next day and can also be shipped worldwide.

Zen Glass Studio has offered this great experience for over 15 years in the Tampa Bay area and have introduced glassblowing to more than 10,000 people! Whether you are on vacation or live in St. Petersburg, if you are looking for a unique way to spend time with friends and family while making something to cherish for years to come, sign up for Zen Glass Studio’s Make-Your-Own Glass Pipe Workshop today.

DISCLAIMER: While people of all ages can participate in classes and workshops at Zen Glass Studio, glass pipe workshops are for those over 18.

Make Your Own Glass Beads

The Make-Your-Own Glass Beads Experience is perfect for jewelry makers and crafters of all ages! You can use the glass beads you create to make necklaces, bracelets, rings, macrame hangers and more! You are only limited by your imagination!

Perfect For: Baby Showers, Girl’s Night, Wedding Showers, Bachelorette Parties, Girl Scout Troops, Homeschool Classes, Art Classes, Seniors, Children, Tweens, Teens

Once you make your color selections and decide what size and shape beads you want, you step up to the torches and are introduced to glassblowing with a demonstration of the ins and outs of what to do (and not to do) by one of our artists. It is then time to begin melting and manipulating your glass beads in the torch. By melting color and clear on a steel mandrel your beads are created as the glass melts and fuses together.

Our dedicated and knowledgeable staff are there to help you until your beads are ready to string and placed in the annealing kiln or annealer, where they must soak and cool down over the next 12-24 hours. Once cooled the beads are then removed from the mandrel and cleaned.

Your finished beads will be ready for pick up as soon as the next day and can also be shipped worldwide.

Zen Glass Studio has offered this great experience for over 15 years in the Tampa Bay area and have introduced glassblowing to more than 10,000 people! Whether you are on vacation or live in St. Petersburg, if you are looking for a unique way to spend time with friends and family while making something to cherish for years to come, sign up for Zen Glass Studio’s Make-Your-Own Glass Beads Workshop today.

Hotshop Workshops

BLOW YOUR OWN ORNAMENT

Do you love the look of glass ornaments on a holiday tree? How about hanging in your kitchen window? Or are you obsessed with the reality TV show “Blown Away”? What if you could make your own custom glass ornament right in St. Petersburg just like the artists on television? Join us to create your own custom glass ornament!

Zen Glass Studio teaches the basics in the one-on-one Blow-Your-Own Ornament Workshop held in our Hotshop. In this one-hour experience, you, the guest artist, will choose your favorite colors for the surface of the piece you’ll be creating. Our instructor will introduce you to glassblowing with a run down of safety, balance, and techniques. Then it’s time for you to balance and maneuver the molten glass.

You will turn and roll the liquefied glass through your colors on the end of a steel blowpipe. Starting the bubble and expanding the inside of the ornament with your breath is a real treat! You will blow out the glass to form the classic ornament ball. Your piece is finished when we break it off the “Punty”(steel blowpipe) and drop a molten bit on top for the loop.

Our dedicated and knowledgeable artist staff are there to help you complete your perfect piece and place it in the annealing kiln or annealer, where it must soak and cool down over the next 12-24 hours.

Your finished glass ornaments are ready for pick up the next day (excluding Mondays – we are closed) and can also be shipped or picked up at a later date.

The Blow-Your-Own Glass Ornament Workshop is best for people aged 13 and up as it involves working with molten glass. If you are looking for something to do in St. Petersburg after you’ve visited The Pier and Chihuly Museum, come to Zen Glass Studio for a one-of-a-kind experience.

Zen Glass Studio has offered this great experience for over 15 years in the Tampa Bay area and introduced upwards of 10,000 1st time glassblowers to the art! Located in the Warehouse Arts District, Zen Glass Studio is central to all of St. Petersburg and the Tampa Bay area.

Perfect For: Baby Showers, Girl’s Night, Wedding Showers, Bachelorette Parties, Girl Scout Troops, Homeschool Classes, Art Classes, Seniors, Children, Tweens, Teens

MAKE YOUR OWN PAPERWEIGHT

Do you love the look of glass paperweights? How about displaying them in the light? Or are you obsessed with the reality TV show “Blown Away”? What if you could make your own custom glass paperweight right in St. Petersburg, just like the artists on television, to add to your collection?

Zen Glass Studio teaches the basics in the one-on-one Make-Your-Own Glass Paperweight Workshop held in our Hotshop. In this roughly one-hour experience, you, the guest artist, will choose your favorite colors for the piece you’ll be creating. Our instructor will introduce you to glassblowing with a rundown of safety, balance, and techniques. Then it’s time for you to balance and maneuver the molten glass.

You will turn and roll the glass on the end of a steel blowpipe. Rolling the molten glass into granules of color, then twisting or shaping before “gathering” another layer of clear over your whole piece, adding space for light and dimension! Your piece is finished when we break it off the “Punty”(steel blowpipe).

Your finished glass paperweights are ready for pick up the next day (excluding Mondays – we are closed)) and can also be shipped or picked up at a later date.

The Make-Your-Own Glass Paperweight Workshop is best for people aged 13 and up as it involves working with molten glass. If you are looking for something to do in St. Petersburg after you’ve visited The Pier and Chihuly Museum, come to Zen Glass Studio for a one-of-a-kind experience.

Zen Glass Studio has offered this great experience for over 15 years in the Tampa Bay area and have served 7 introduced upwards of 10,000 1st time glassblowers! Located in the Warehouse Arts District, Zen Glass Studio is central to all of St. Petersburg and the Tampa Bay area.

Blow Your Own Pint Glass

Do you love the look and feel of a hand-blown glass beer cup? How about a set of pint glasses sitting on your bar shelf? Or are you obsessed with the reality TV show “Blown Away”? What if you could make your own custom pint glass right in St. Petersburg, just like the artists on television?

Zen Glass Studio teaches the basics in the one-on-one Blow-Your-Own Pint Glass Workshop held in our Hotshop. In this roughly one-hour experience, you will create a custom pint glass! You, the guest artist, choose your favorite colors for the surface of the pint glass you’ll be creating. Our instructor will introduce you to glassblowing with a rundown of safety, balance, and techniques. Then it’s time for you to balance and maneuver the molten glass.

You will turn and roll the glass on the end of a steel blowpipe. Starting the bubble and expanding the inside of the pint glass with your breath is a real treat! Your piece is finished when we break it off the “Punty”(steel blowpipe) and torch the bottom.

Your finished pint glass is ready for pick up the next day (excluding Mondays – we are closed)) and can also be shipped or picked up at a later date.

The Blow-Your-Own Pint Glass Workshop is best for people aged 13 and up as it involves working with molten glass. If you are looking for something to do in St. Petersburg after you’ve visited the Grand Central District and Sunken Gardens, come to Zen Glass Studio for a one-of-a-kind experience.

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MYO Workshop in the HotShop

Blow your own pint glass, ornament or paperweight

$100.00

MYO Workshop Flameworking

$100.00

2 Hour Private Event For Up To 4 People

$500.00

1 Hour Private Workshop For Two

$250.00

Shipping

$15.00

Make Your Own Pipe Workshop

$100.00

TESTIMONIALS

What people say about us.

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

Great place for a date or just to learn glass blowing. Josh and Dave are consumate professionals.

TRAVELER Saint Pete

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

It was so much fun.. My husband and I had a great time

Tee Richardson

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

Zach W

Sue Regis

a g

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

Megan Denton Hurt

Great group of people. Do yourself a favor and book a class to make a wine glass or lessons for this great art.

Chris Reep

Best family fun experience! Austin and Josh were amazing to work with. Thanks Guys!

Josh Denley

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

Chip Rouseff

Devin Brown

So fun! Even I could make my own pendant😍

Steph J

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

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

Hen Sley

David Eppler

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

Robin Terrell

Awesome workshop, Our instructor Austin was amazing

Enrique

This was such a GOOD time! Josh was a great instructor and was very supportive of the non-descript blobs that were made! After all, we ended up with cool wine glasses, tree ornaments, paperweight and an awesome charm…Thank you Zen Glass, we WILL be back!

Sally Dumas

Such an awesome place

billy dehart

Phenom Glass Artists, beautiful Art
Beautiful People!

robert limburg

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 ❤️?

Paula Martins-Ogden

IsthisJohn FromWrecsam

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

Luan Vu

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

Elizabeth McAndrew

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

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

Guy DeFazio

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

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

Susan Neville

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

Such a fun afternoon! Highly recommend!!

Lisa Stoffels Hopper

Awesome Stuff! AUSTIN was great!

Brian Walders

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

Denean Wetton

awesome work!

Jackie K

Eric Lizotte

best place in florida to learn glass working

Kevin Tillotson

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

Casey Vanmaaren

Fantastic place tucked away in the industrial arts district !

Roland Moreno

Just attended a wineglass workshop today. Super fun. The whole crew is wonderful and extremely helpful. Don’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 you’re at at!

Jeannine Walter

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

This is an AWESOME place with AWESOME staff! Josh and the bearded guy really made my first glass blowing experience rewarding and incredibly fun!! It was me and a group of my friends and wow! These guys have real talent and are able to teach a group of newbies the basics of glass art.
This is great place to gain new skills AND have a great time! Make a date at Zen Glass Studio with your loved one, a girls night out, etc.

michael laplante

Katrina Berger

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

Beautiful glass work!

David Interlandi

Kristen Conklin (Talk Spectrum)

Super fun!!! The guys were patient with us and very helpful.

Aarika Aj Poland

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

Tori Elvir

Good guys too know in st Pete

Chad Frasier

Tons of fun

Sheldon Jordan

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

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

Fun

Dwight Eva

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

Brendan Hughes

Great work in the gallery 👏🤳

Richard Graves

Awesome place!! Great teachers!!

Tricia Hines Jones

Teresa Renfroe

G C

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 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

Awesome we lobe to come here to create one of a kind pieces!😁

Amira Horn

Nice place

John Jones

Awesome!

Filia Catharina Kromjong

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

Josh Orender

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

Jenifer Bradford Drozky

GOOD AND BEAUTIFUL STUDIO…………..

Haik Kartashian

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 you’re “AWSOME Austin!”
Wes, Jasmine, Jill

Lucy Baxter

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

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.

Robin Rosenbaum

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

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

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

David Jackson

Best glass studio in St Pete

Alex Borsody

aquanaut2

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

this place will literally changer your life for the better 🙂

Eric Derouen

Go meet josh and experience a wonderful artistically creative time

Riley Wiggins

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

Helen James

Pamela Widlak

I Loved it! So much fun 😃

Rudina B

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 can’t wait to do it again. Don’t miss out on this fun experience.

Mike

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

Anthony Cowdrey

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

Paula Martins-Ogden

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

Brandi Mills

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.

Michelle Wheeler

Beautiful!

Jef Shep

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

Micheal Reed

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

Limayri Carranza

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

t h

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

We had a great experience here making some wine glasses.

Matthew Mabbitt

Feel right at home here…long live zen glass studios

Steven Helms

Awesome workshop and great instruction. Me and my wife loved it.

Christopher Dunn

Mark Bishop

What an awesome class I made more pendants in instructor was totally awesome very patient and hands-on I can’t wait to receive my Pendants Through the mail I will be back for another class thanks again

elissa heredia

Very nice studio.

Jeff Rutherford

As always, great!😁
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

Best glass studio in Florida

Alex Borsody

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

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

Great placeand atmosphere to learn

Ken Sullivan

Edward Alvarado (Mr Divine)

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

Ryan Hanson

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

Jason Wilson

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

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

Michael Preston

This was a fantastic experience for my 13 year old. He’s always wanted to try glass blowing and I’m very impressed with this studio. Nice area to sit out back. Would fully recommend this place.

Tiffany Kordenbrock

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 cousin Josh is amazing at glass work. Definitely hit him up! 🙂

Katie Orender

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

Jon Meliferas

The owners are wonderful and love teaching.

Lynn Taylor

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

Great time!

Stephanie Ehl

Elwood Schnick

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

Winston The Wandering Weiner

Thanks to KATY and JOSH for making my birthday weekend simply wonderful by going the extra mile!
Mike &Jozette Spina

Michael A. Spina

Joe Wareham

Charlotte Coffey

William Barnick

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

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

Jen More

Awesome studio!

Michael Goodwin

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

Ashley

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.

Robert Denninger

Had a blast there making a wine glass

D. Talks Errthang

Josh was fantastic! Very patient and helpful

Renee H

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

Lots of fun,people friendly and helpful want to do it again

Belinda Baxter

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

I made 2 wine glasses. Austin was my instructor an he rocked it. Will be going back to do more.

Dawn Bishop

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

Carlos Marquez-Sterling

Loads of great people

Maggie Straka

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

Laurie Fazio Cavalari

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.

Alan R Weary

Lourenda Cooper

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.

Geof Kozel

wicked fun and entertaining,

Leo Lamontagne

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

Lynne Weise

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

Valerie Evans

Beautiful artistry!

Jenny Balch

dominic treeclimber

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

Tim Keogh

Awesome! Did the make your own wine glass, can’t wait to see how it turns out! Had a great time!!

Nicole Katsihtis

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

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

Robert Phillips

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

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

Lisa Rude

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

Dan Gaede

Me an my wife had a blast!??

Marty Cavalari

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

Clark Hickman

I <3 You………………………………………

Stephan Hagström

Great for a first time fun experience

Joseph Leetz

Candice Currey

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

Courtney Burdick

Loved it,definitely recommend,they were awesome accommodating all our guests,pieces came out awesome!

Dani Ferreira

April Rose Morningstar

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

Me an my wife had a blast!👍🏻

Marty Cavalari

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

Amanda Moore

Bonnie Izor Ball

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

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

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

Debra Krause

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

Fun experience! Patience and encouragement from instructors Dave and Austin. They did a great job. My husband’s quotes: “I thought this would be way more boring” and “that was freakin’ awesome!” Ha! Now we have two new favorite wine glasses and great memories!

D. Auri.

Very “cool” actually HOT!!!

Rich Harmon

We had the best time. Great guys thanks

Tim Crenshaw

Stephanie Bailey

Amazing experience!

Gabe S

Jason Gould

Sean Dunn

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

Michelle Keener

Austin and Josh taught us how to make wine glasses. They were very informative, helpful and fun. Great experience and would definitely recommend it! We will be back!

Kiki Soto

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

John Bowen

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

Casey Vanmaaren

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..!

Teri Salazar

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

Jona Valentine

This was an amazing experience. Austin and Zack are amazing instructors. They made everything safe and fun. I’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 😊😊😊

Lakyia Wallace

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

Brian Longstreth

Josh Ramirez

Place is simply awesome! Great people over there!!

John Cullen

Scott D

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

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

Amy Schumacher

Kim Schuster

Sterling Harris

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

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

Michael J Salisbury

Johnny Cee

Courtney Koske

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!

Karla Bellido Cirizola

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.

Jill Pach-Stanford

Very friendly . Helpful. Awesome studio.

Brooke Awad

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

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

Desmond Clark

Ann

Fun experience, would def do again!

Marti Rothwell

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

Leigh Ann

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

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

Kenneth G Rosenwald II

I love this place

Shawn Barley

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

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

Very interesting place, great classes

Dave Compton

IT WAS GREAT TIME ! I SURPRISED MY MOM FOR HER BIRTHDAY AND AUSTIN THE INSTRUCTOR WAS SO COOL AND SO HELPFUL ! WILL FOR SURE BE BACK AGAIN AND I THINK I WANNA TAKE THE TRAINING GLASS TO LEARN HOW TO DO THIS ON MY OWN !!

Richie Incorvaia

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

Love you

Whitney Harmon

AJ Harris

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

Such a great experience and would highly recommend! We did a wine glass making workshop and had a blast! Thought I’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!!!! 😁❤️

Cristina Button

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.

Tory Repetti

Matthew Dodsworth

Sandy Bellino

Brandon Gard

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!

Mark Elkin

definitely recommend for a day out. nice date idea. staff was helpful and sociable! 🙂

Sandy Bhagwandeen Girwar-Nath

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

Love these folks!

Foster Parent

best glass studio in southeast

Al Bo

Matter Craftsman

Cheyenne Jenkins

AWESOME! So fun and great teaching by Josh and Co

Lisa S Doeshair

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

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

Mika Mila Vucic

George Toppino

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 😁👍

Connor P

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

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

Sue Rosetti

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

Sherie Means

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! 🙂 Definitely going back! Ask for Katy!

Stephanie Jones-Walker

Cindy Keene

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

Jacquie Catone

Julia Koffee

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

Diane Groner Kelly

Ryan Sauger

Excellent customer service good-hearted people

Bulldog Cottone

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

Andrew Yancey

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

Fun experience. Played with the melting glass to create the stem of a wine glass.

Ken Hays (NetGuyGreen)

Awesome experience! Josh and Austin were great. Would definitely recommend this to anyone.

Hannah Stephens Denley

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

Paula R. Tripp

Renee Cohen

This was on my husband’s bucket list…super cool experience!!! Definitely recommend & will do again!

Catherine Cook Denninger

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

Mindy Emerson Hunley

Mona Carbone

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.

James Bonis

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!

Thomas Boggs

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

United States Veteran

Great introduction to making glass! Staff was very welcoming.

Tomas Gonzalez

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

Michelle D. Gonzalez

Russell Sabella

Amanda Patrizzi

Cameron Heres

Great place. Good atmosphere very helpful

Sylvia Camacho

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

Frank Strunk III

Shawn Fugate

Great fun place to learn about working with glass

Bonnie Mcc

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

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

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

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

Erin Koprevich

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

Duncan Brown

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