Robert Stephan

Bob’s interest in art glass began in 1971 as he began working with stained glass while enlisted in the Navy. Later, while doing independent study in an undergraduate ceramics program, he convinced the instructor to allow him to explore glassblowing in 1975. He earned his BFA in Ceramics in 1976, and he continued on to recieve his MFA in Glass. Bob opened his first glass studio in 1979 and is now operating his studio in Asheville, North Carolina. To this day he finds it is an exciting challenge to combine the varying factors of hot glass, light, color, form, and transparency into each finished piece.